sustainable finance

Rising temperatures are intensifying climate risks across Asia, where heat stress is already affecting labour productivity and adding pressure to food and water security.

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Why Asia must build resilience as temperatures rise

As environmental risks intensify in the region, DBS’ Shilpa Gulrajani explains why investments must move beyond emissions reduction to fund a system that can withstand future shocks

2026-07-28T21:50:00.000Z

Listed companies in Singapore are already required to make sustainability disclosures aligned with ISSB standards, though this has been pushed back for companies not in the STI.

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Acra proposes sustainability disclosure standards for Singapore

Public consultation on the draft standards will take place from Jul 27 to Oct 25, 2026

2026-07-27T02:00:00.000Z

EGP Energy’s net profit rose 21 per cent to S$10.3 million in 2025.

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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 204: EGP’s energy transition story; MAS prices 20-year green bond

This week in ESG: Electricity transmission and distribution specialist prices initial public offering; Singapore green bond due 2046 to yield 2.4%

2026-07-24T11:00:00.000Z

Ravi Menon delivering a lecture at RSIS on Jul 14, 2026. He says there has been “heartwarming” interest in blended finance, which he hopes to see more of in future.

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Singapore working with banks on blended finance vehicle for climate adaptation

Adaptation projects often receive less attention because they lack commercially viable revenue streams

2026-07-22T23:00:00.000Z

The offer amount includes S$50 million of bonds that will be set aside for the public, who can apply for the bonds from 9 am on Thursday to Jul 27, says MAS.

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Singapore prices S$2.6 billion of 20-year green bonds at 2.4%

Analysts say scarcity of long-duration sovereign bonds is among the drivers of investor demand

2026-07-22T14:56:49.000Z

Temasek is not just focusing on managing its portfolio emissions target, but also on real-world decarbonisation.

ESG

Don’t misinterpret Temasek as giving up on its net-zero ambition, say executives

Its acknowledgement of being unlikely to meet 2030 decarbonisation goals should be seen as a call to action

2026-07-17T01:00:00.000Z

There was a slight uptick of 3% in ESG bond issuances in Singapore to S$13.7 billion.

ESG

Singapore’s ESG loan proceeds fall 41.2% in 2025: MAS

Nonethless, the Republic continues to be Asean’s largest market for labelled debt issuance

2026-07-14T06:00:00.000Z

Temasek now expects a slightly negative impact from climate change on its portfolio under a fragmented world scenario.

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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 202: Temasek’s pragmatic climate ambition; China’s green yuan versus the US petrodollar

This week in ESG: Temasek shifts to baseline scenario of warmer, more fragmented world; veteran economist urges yuan-denominated financing for green transition

2026-07-10T11:00:00.000Z

Mike Ng, group CSO at OCBC, on his own residential rooftop where solar panels were being installed.

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Reality check on sustainability not necessarily a setback: OCBC’s Mike Ng

The emphasis on economic viability will define the next phase of green finance, says the bank’s group CSO

2026-07-10T03:00:00.000Z

The dip in the proportion of sustainability-aligned investments is a result of the Singapore investment company’s net portfolio value growing at a faster rate.

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Temasek’s share of sustainability-aligned investments falls to 9.5% in FY2026

Still, its portfolio value increases by S$3 billion to S$49 billion

2026-07-08T07:00:00.000Z

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