Tag: Asia
Beijing and New Delhi delivered a decisive shift in global energy markets in 2025, cutting fossil fuel electricity generation even as demand continued to rise. The change reflects a broader...
Capital Flows Accelerate Into Energy Transition Strategies Lime Rock New Energy has closed its second fund at $640 million, surpassing its initial $500 million target and nearing its hard cap....
DBS has appointed Kelvin Wong as Chief Sustainability Officer, handing one of the region’s most closely watched banking sustainability mandates to an internal executive with deep experience in energy, infrastructure...
Corporate climate action is entering a new phase of scale and geographic redistribution, according to new data from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The group’s Trend Tracker 2025 shows...
Abu Dhabi is set to become the control hub for one of the most significant renewable energy expansions in Asia, as TotalEnergies and Masdar formalize a $2.2 billion joint venture...
Bureau Veritas has expanded its role as an Approved Verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard, adding offices in China, Japan, India, and France to the official verifier directory. The move...
• Singapore launches new ecosystem to accelerate high integrity blue carbon credit development and biomass measurement capabilities across Asia.• WWF and EDB partnership strengthens measurement, reporting and verification capacity while...
• Vietnam restates its net-zero 2050 commitment and prepares new legal frameworks to attract global green capital and advanced technologies.• Experts at the Autumn Economic Forum 2025 highlight Vietnam’s potential...
• Airbus and Cathay to jointly invest up to US$70 million in SAF production projects across Asia and beyond.• Partnership aims to accelerate commercialisation and long-term offtake of sustainable aviation...
• British International Investment’s (BII) $60 million investment supports the $510 million Green Investment Partnership (GIP) under Singapore’s FAST-P framework.• The initiative aims to close Southeast Asia’s $210 billion annual...
A growing sovereign green bond market The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has released its Green Bond Report 2025, providing a detailed account of how HK$240 billion (US$31 billion) in...
Asia-Pacific Leaders Advance ESG Integration On the sidelines of UN General Assembly week, the United Nations Global Compact convened senior business leaders from Asia and Oceania for a closed-door Leadership...
Singapore turns to global carbon markets The Singapore government will purchase 2.175 million tonnes of nature-based carbon credits from projects in Ghana, Peru, and Paraguay, marking one of its largest...
A Cross-Border First for Asia’s Energy Transition From ridgelines in southern Lao PDR, 133 turbines now send clean electricity across the border into Vietnam. The Monsoon Wind Power Project, which...
Singapore Anchors Regional Climate Finance Push The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has secured $510 million in committed capital for a new fund targeting green infrastructure across Southeast and South...
ABOUT THE FORUM The ESG landscape has changed radically in recent times; the formation of the ISSB and the mergers between framework providers are accelerating ESG’s movement into the mainstream....
Responsible Business Asia 2022 No region feels the consequences of climate change as much as Asia – Pacific. In the aftermath of mass disruption to global supply chains and economies,...
Exchange-traded funds focusing on environmental, social and governance themes have been one of the fastest-growing market segments in a couple of years, but so far have yet to reach the...
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