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Carbon Trading

ESG

Singapore carbon tax hike spurs demand for credits, but companies face supply crunch

Singapore Sustainability and the Environment Minister Grace Fu (left) and Malawi Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Minister Jean Mathanga at the MOU signing in Belem, Brazil.
ESG

COP30: Singapore, Malawi sign preliminary carbon credits deal

Sustainability and Environment Minister Grace Fu speaking at the Singapore Pavilion at COP30 in Belem, Brazil on Monday (Nov 17).
ESG

COP30: Singapore, Thailand looking to launch call for carbon project applications in Q1 2026

The new framework will inform national policies required to unlock private-sector investment in carbon markets.
ESG

Sovereign-backed framework on corporates’ use of carbon credits launched

Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu (left) and Mongolian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat signed the deal on Oct 6.
ESG

Singapore signs carbon credit transfer agreement with Mongolia

Attracting international capital to carbon markets at scale is also proving difficult. Concerns over greenwashing and credibility are often cited as reasons investors hesitate, notes a panellist.
Companies & Markets

Asia’s carbon market struggles with fragmentation, lack of integrity: panel

Australian businessman and philanthropist Andrew Forrest on board the Green Pioneer. The former oil-rig supply vessel is meant to be the first in a fleet of ammonia-powered ships.
ESG

An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron-ore giant

The GenZero-linked project in Ghana has been awarded a project size of S$15 million. The funding will go towards restoring degraded land in the African country.
ESG

Temasek’s GenZero carbon project among four contracted to offset Singapore’s emissions

Dirk Forrister, CEO of Ieta, says: “It’s inefficient to have a different rule book every place you go. It just adds cost and delay.”
ESG

Harmonised framework within Asean will attract investors: global carbon trading body

Smoke emitting from the chimneys on Jurong Island. Certifications of major carbon credit frameworks presumably reduce the due diligence required by credit buyers and increase confidence in the certified credits.
ESG

Improving carbon credit frameworks to enhance carbon project quality and financing

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