Kenneth Lim
FREELANCER
Kenneth Lim is a deputy news editor at BT who oversees coverage of environmental, social and governance issues. Over his career, he has covered Singapore public capital markets and regulations, South-east Asian private capital markets and US debt markets, as well as non-journalism work related to sustainable finance.
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Issue 172: Asean Taxonomy’s unfinished business; data centres encroach on palm oil
This week in ESG: Asean launches complete version of sustainable finance criteria; Malaysian plantations to build green data centres
Issue 171: COP30 turns spotlight on adaptation; MAS pushes forward on transition credits
This week in ESG: Climate negotiators tackle adaptation finance, indicators; industry coalition issues final report on carbon credits for early retirement of...
Potential CapitaLand-Mapletree merger must be examined through an ESG lens
If a deal were to happen, it could create one of Asia’s largest real estate companies
Issue 170: Potential CapitaLand, Mapletree merger’s ESG challenge; COP30 confronts US pullback
This week in ESG: Temasek-linked real estate companies explore union; report finds US gains at expense of others in climate withdrawal
Issue 169: Carbon credit insurance gets MAS boost; sustainable loans draw scrutiny
This week in ESG: Carbon market development grant to offset cost of insuring credits; recent ESG-labelled financing deals under spotlight
Issue 168: S-E Asia’s attainable smart grid; new GRESB rankings show progress
This week in ESG: US$11 billion can deliver Asean smart grid, says think tank; average scores improve in real estate sustainability benchmark
Seatrium must manage its risks well as it tackles offshore headwinds
The company’s best defence is to broaden its non-oil and gas portfolio, in both geography and technology
Issue 167: Seatrium tosses in offshore turbulence; Singapore greenlights novel green jet fuel model
This week in ESG: Cancelled job rocks Seatrium offshore wind business; Singapore adopts fixed-cost envelope approach to adopt sustainable aviation fuel
Issue 166: GIC mainstreams climate adaptation investing; Singapore to tackle reporting of cloud services emissions
This week in ESG: Asian investors focus on financing climate adaptation and resilience; Infocomm Media Development Authority to support companies on digital...
Issue 165: All eyes on Singapore’s green bond auction; a call for insurance consistency
This week in ESG: Singapore reopens S$1 billion of 50-year green bonds; insurance companies’ split personality on climate risk
