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Beyond polar bears: How nature-related financing can help companies be more resilient

The quality of South-east Asia’s biodiversity lags the rest of the world and has been deteriorating.
ESG
ESG Insights

Issue 146: Urging the financial sector to address nature; Singapore investors lag on climate plans

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ESG

Nature financing presents business opportunities for financial institutions: MAS-backed association

Steel-sector financed emissions intensity rose for all three Singapore banks in their latest reports.
ESG
ESG Insights

Issue 141: Singapore banks face hard steel; UOB launches nature strategy

Deforestation at an area on Kawei Island in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua province, in Indonesia.
ESG

About 20% of UOB’s lending portfolio exposed to nature-related risks

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Opinion & Features

Sustainability beyond climate: The business imperative to include nature

The percentage of natural disaster losses that are insured in the Asia-Pacific and Africa lags the Americas and Europe, shows data by Munich Re.
Sustainable Finance
ESG Insights

Issue 132: Natural disaster losses mount; nature reporting lags; tokenisation keeps trying

A home engulfed in flames in Los Angeles County.
Opinion & Features

Building a circular bioeconomy to address the growing risk of wildfires

Panellists who spoke at the release of the study were: (from left) CGS' Prof Lawrence Loh, City Developments' sustainability chief Esther An, UOB sustainability chief Eric Lim and chief executive of startup Fashion Pulpit Raye Padit
ESG

Only 13% of large Asia-Pac companies have adopted key nature reporting framework: study

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Sustainable Finance

Under 40% of Singapore’s top 100 companies link pay with sustainability goals: KPMG survey

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