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Issue 150: S-E Asia’s ESG indices outperform; Sembcorp builds up regional pipeline

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Kenneth Lim

Kenneth Lim

Published Fri, May 30, 2025 · 07:00 PM
    • Leading South-east Asian environmental, social and governance stock indices have outperformed their vanilla benchmarks since 2022.
    • Leading South-east Asian environmental, social and governance stock indices have outperformed their vanilla benchmarks since 2022. ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM

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