ESG Insights
Issue 184: OCBC hit by coal complaint; Parkway Life Reit secures green, social debt
This week in ESG: Bank under fire for loans to Harita Nickel; healthcare-focused Reit adds S$142 million of sustainable financing
Issue 183: Amova eyes Singapore-listed renewables; new sparks for Malaysian solar
This week in ESG: Fund manager sees structural opportunities for renewables; Solarvest to more than double solar capacity
Issue 182: Private equity targets coal; Singapore’s carbon tax realism
This week in ESG: Eastspring, Reviva launch coal phase-out strategy; Singapore Budget 2026 signals caution on carbon tax
Issue 181: Singtel acquires greener data centres; carbon tax in focus for Singapore Budget 2026
This week in ESG: ST Telemedia Global Data Centres may improve Singtel’s emissions profile; businesses call for relief from carbon tariff
Issue 180: Sembcorp shareholders vote on Alinta deal; new directorship institute launches
This week in ESG: Sembcorp acquisition’s coal exposure raises questions; GDInstitute offers alternative to Singapore Institute of Directors
Issue 178: Asia’s perennial problem of underinsurance
This week in ESG: Only 12.3 per cent of the region’s natural disaster losses were insured
Japanese companies lead on climate leadership
The report has found that most of the top-performing companies tie executive pay to environmental goals
Issue 177: Investing in the blue economy
This week in ESG: Mark Dalio lays out a viable pathway to investing in oceans
Issue 176: Indonesia’s U-turn on coal phase-out; climate scenarios caught in paper retraction
This week in ESG: Cancellation of coal plant’s early retirement jeopardises multilateral programme; Retracted study used to model climate damage by central banks
Issue 175: Sembcorp courts still-brown Alinta; Asia can’t let coal go
This week in ESG: Sembcorp to buy Australian utility A$6.5 billion; coal phase-out fizzling out in Asia
