sustainable finance
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
Investor interest in Indonesia’s energy transition may suffer after first coal phase-out project scrapped
The policy U-turn contradicts the country’s own commitments, says a think tank
OCBC invests in low-carbon steel in Malaysia’s Sabah
The investment is for the development of a hot briquetted iron plant, which will be part of South-east Asia’s largest integrated low-carbon steel plant
South-east Asia’s ESG bond proceeds rebound with 73% jump in Q3 2025
Issuance of environmental, social and governance loans rise 33.3% to US$14.8 billion over the same period
Asian utility companies to face climate-driven losses of US$8.4 billion by 2050: report
A report by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change and MSCI notes that failure to adapt will increase operational costs and fixed asset losses
Issue 173: Coal confronts imperfect pathways; COP30 leaves world wanting more
This week in ESG: Coal Transition Commission tackles scaling solutions; COP30 wraps up with adaptation target
COP30: About one-third of world’s coal fleet shows ‘significant’ opportunity for early shutdown, says report
Coal Transition Commission notes that 80% of this capacity are young to middle-aged assets which offer potential for significant emissions reductions
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
COP30: Singapore, Malawi sign preliminary carbon credits deal
MOU paves way for trading of carbon credits aligned with Article 6 of Paris Agreement
COP30: Singapore, Thailand looking to launch call for carbon project applications in Q1 2026
They release a list of programmes and methodologies that meet the requirements for the international transfer of carbon credits
