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ESG Forum

Singapore’s three homegrown banks reported resilient earnings over recent weeks, buoyed in part by rising interest rates. A common thread which passed without much fanfare in all their reports is the growing capital committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable financing, and their efforts towards achieving net zero.
8 Aug 2022

After volatile start to 2022, revival in market expected with Q2 25% issuance increase
5 Aug 2022

First 50-year bond issued by the government, longest-tenor green bond by a sovereign
5 Aug 2022

Corporate, institutional clients in Hong Kong, Singapore can invest in portfolio of green projects
5 Aug 2022

Singapore’s three homegrown banks reported resilient earnings over recent weeks, buoyed in part by rising interest rates. A common thread which passed without much fanfare in all their reports is the growing capital committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable financing, and their efforts towards achieving net zero.
8 Aug 2022

After volatile start to 2022, revival in market expected with Q2 25% issuance increase
5 Aug 2022

First 50-year bond issued by the government, longest-tenor green bond by a sovereign
5 Aug 2022

Corporate, institutional clients in Hong Kong, Singapore can invest in portfolio of green projects
5 Aug 2022

Looking ahead to the period after the pandemic and today's bout of inflation, most economies face strong headwinds that threaten to return them to the secular stagnation of the 2010s. But with policies to boost trade in services and increase green investments, the outlook would brighten substantially
5 Aug 2022

Efforts to establish a global climate governance regime have taken a long, zigzagging path, most recently hitting a wall in the United States. But now that congressional Democrats have reached a compromise on sorely needed climate legislation, there may still be a chance to keep the 2015 Paris climate agreement alive
2 Aug 2022

Growing demand by banking customers for sustainable banking services in region
3 Aug 2022

Citi has launched a new sustainability-focused time deposit offering for corporate and institutional clients in Asia-Pacific.
3 Aug 2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore aims raise at least S$1.5 billion (US$1.08 billion) this week with the country’s maiden sale of a sovereign green bond, the proceeds of which will fund infrastructure projects with environmental benefits.
1 Aug 2022

In gatherings this summer and later this year, G20 member states will confront a raft of global issues that require their attention and cooperation. But while inter-governmental cooperation is crucial, so, too, are strategies to leverage the ingenuity and capacity of businesses and the financial industry.
31 Jul 2022

Social SRI sukuk, bonds for affordable housing assigned highest social benefit rating
8 Aug 2022

Aims to raise focus on how wasteful habits cause pollution, adversely effect wildlife
3 Aug 2022

Ambitious, comprehensive package of requirements set the bar in Asia, match Europe
29 Jul 2022