Carbon tax

​If a company emits a lot of smoke to make its products, its costs are about to shoot up

This week in ESG: Singapore’s carbon tax may have room for relief; Reopened 30-year Singapore green bonds yield 2.57 per cent

Quantum of transitory allowances and the specific firms they are given to have not been officially revealed

This week in ESG: Eastspring, Reviva launch coal phase-out strategy; Singapore Budget 2026 signals caution on carbon tax

However, sustainability experts say there are other measures to continue the push towards the low-carbon transition

Singapore will have to do its part to reduce emissions as a global citizen, yet not put itself at a competitive disadvantage, notes Lawrence Wong

Government is again looking into allowing roll-over of unused credits, and trying to ink carbon credit transfer deals with more countries

This week in ESG: ST Telemedia Global Data Centres may improve Singtel’s emissions profile; businesses call for relief from carbon tariff

From a whopping US$160 to just above US$0.70, the price of a tonne of carbon is set to remain at extremes globally