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Singapore to tackle greenwashing, carbon trading, to boost sustainable finance: MAS

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Published Thu, Dec 3, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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    SINGAPORE plans to take a slice of the carbon trading market, while targeting the greenwashing that threatens the surprisingly unabated demand for sustainable finance.

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is looking at ways to fix the fragmented, inefficient market of carbon-credit trading, said its managing director Ravi Menon.

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