ESG Insights
Issue 198: UBS cuts Asia ESG staff; S-E Asian renewables assets face high climate risk
This week in ESG: Swiss bank sheds four of seven Asia sustainability team staff; Zurich Insurance finds 75 per cent of assets at high risk of severe climate impact by 2030
Issue 197: Singapore launches SME sustainability initiatives; natural disaster protection gap grows
This week in ESG: Climate transition council announces Green 100 movement; uninsured natural catastrophe losses rose to US$424 billion in 2025, Swiss Re finds
Issue 196: AI’s complex role in sustainability; Keppel’s emissions targets
This week in ESG: AI hyperscalers now major funders of nuclear startups; Keppel well ahead on 2030 emissions goals
Issue 195: Temasek to miss climate targets; Power, EVs dominate S-E Asia green economy
This week in ESG: SIA, Sembcorp emissions weigh on Temasek portfolio; Bain-Stanchart report values regional green economy at US$290 billion
Issue 194: Concord New Energy’s Reit speculation; Year-end goal for Indonesia-Singapore clean-electricity trade
This week in ESG: Renewable energy player still evaluating possibility of spin-off; country’s leaders mull kick-off for green electricity trade
Issue 193: Singapore-listed palm oil stocks catch biodiesel spark
This week in ESG: Analysts raise forecasts for crude palm oil as Iran war continues
Issue 192: Sembcorp’s renewable catalysts; South-east Asia’s geothermal potential
This week in ESG: Sembcorp shareholders approve S$0.16-per-share final dividend; Singapore requests geothermal feasibility study
Issue 191: South-east Asia’s battery challenge; regional ESG debt issuance slows
This week in ESG: Asia’s renewable energy deployment at historic highs; South-east Asia new sustainable loans fall 46% in Q1 2026
Issue 190: Scenario gap in climate disclosures; sustainable finance and energy security
This week in ESG: Review finds progress in Singapore-listed companies’ climate reporting; sustainable finance critical to energy resilience for Singapore
Issue 189: Carbon tax in an energy crisis; Singapore good timing on green bonds
This week in ESG: Singapore’s carbon tax may have room for relief; Reopened 30-year Singapore green bonds yield 2.57 per cent
