Nature-related financial disclosures

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Issue 193: Singapore-listed palm oil stocks catch biodiesel spark

UOB chief sustainability officer Eric Lim says: "We're keen to continue scaling our financing towards the real-economy activities that either reduce pressure on nature or are nature-positive, and to continue to create positive impact.”

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

The white paper notes that the challenges of nature degradation requires coordinated effort from the government, regulatory bodies, companies in the real economy, and the financial sector.

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

Deforestation at an area in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia; companies exporting to the EU market also be affected by the bloc’s deforestation laws but these transition risks are not yet material in the markets that UOB’s portfolio have exposure to.

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

In Singapore, about four out of 10 companies recognise the material importance of nature and biodiversity to their operations, and have begun setting targets to address these issues.

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

A home engulfed in flames in Los Angeles County. The economic loss caused by the wildfires that have raged across the area could be as high as US$57 billion.

Building a circular bioeconomy to address the growing risk of wildfires

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

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