To catalyze a viable blue finance market, foster green bonds and support smaller businesses in Vietnam, IFC is providing a financing package of $150 million to Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank,...
FedEx continues to make inroads in deploying lower-emissions fleets and facilities in the region and increased its engagement with community sustainability initiatives Federal Express Corporation, one of the world’s largest...
Key Impact Points: A Bloomberg survey of over 150 market participants from the banking, insurance, securities, and technology sectors who attended the Bloomberg Sustainable Finance Forum in Shanghai revealed significant...
Agreements with China Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank aim at financing infrastructure and industry in Brazil The Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (MDIC),...
In a bid to enhance supply chain transparency and sustainability, Indonesia will launch a digital dashboard by August to monitor key agricultural commodities such as palm oil, coffee, and rubber....
Singapore published an Environmental Crimes Money Laundering (ML) National Risk Assessment (NRA) which identifies the key threats and vulnerabilities in environmental crimes ML that Singapore is exposed to, and outlines...
Neste and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed an agreement for the purchase of 1,000 tons of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™. This will make SIA and Scoot, the...
LG Electronics (LG) has successfully issued a global bond of USD 800 million, marking its first in 17 years. Despite the growing global volatility, LG managed to achieve a negative...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF), supported by Workforce Singapore (WSG), launched the Sustainable Finance Jobs Transformation Map (JTM), which lays out the...
JERA Co., Inc (“JERA”) recently signed a Joint Study Agreement (“JSA”) with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), through its subsidiary – PETRONAS CCS Solutions Sdn. Bhd. (“PCCSS”), to evaluate the feasibility...
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, and Idemitsu Kosan (IKC), one of Japan’s leading energy companies, today announced a joint investment into Skye Renewables Energy...
New ASEAN Energy (NAE) and ACTUAL have formed an agreement, leveraging ACTUAL’s AI-driven capital planning technology to develop a comprehensive net-zero emissions strategy for The Pengerang Energy Complex (PEC). PEC...
Air Liquide and Vopak sign MoU to collaborate on infrastructure for ammonia import, cracking and hydrogen distribution infrastructure in Singapore Air Liquide and Vopak have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Breaking down gender barriers to food security in the Philippines, Sri Lanka and India Deutsche Bank, through its Corporate Responsibility programme in Asia, is helping women from local communities and...
A joint press release by the S-Hub consortium. The S-Hub consortium, comprising ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and Shell Singapore Pte. Ltd., is proud to be selected to work with...
Climate reporting to help companies ride the green transition All listed issuers to report from FY2025 and large non-listed companies from FY2027 The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and...
12 initiatives and 5 enablers to decarbonise Singapore’s aviation sector and support sustainable growth The Singapore Sustainable Air Hub Blueprint was launched today by Mr Chee Hong Tat, Minister for...
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), India’s largest renewable energy (RE) company and the second largest solar PV developer in the world, has operationalized 551 MW solar capacity in Khavda, Gujarat, by supplying...