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

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) Chairman Mohammad Faiz Azmi (left) with Amir Hamzah Azizan, Minister of Finance II, Malaysia (middle) at the batik making demonstration held alongside ACMF International Conference 2025 PHOTO: ACMF
ASEAN Business

Asean’s new ESG rulebook faces a reality check

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ESG

Regulators, industry groups may need to fill gap left by closure of climate banking alliance, say observers

Developed countries committed US$26 billion of adaptation finance for developing nations in 2023, says Unep.
ESG Insights
ESG Insights

Issue 171: COP30 turns spotlight on adaptation; MAS pushes forward on transition credits

A coal-fired power plant in Batangas, the Philippines. Transition credits are aimed at increasing the economic viability and scalability of early-retirement projects, which have long struggled to take off.
ESG

COP30: Singapore, Philippines and Temasek support the use of transition credits in decarbonisation

View of the logo of COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, taken on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
ESG

COP30: Adopting an outcome on climate adaptation is a start for financing to flow towards Asean

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

The global value of trades in voluntary carbon markets fell 29 per cent to about US$0.5 billion in 2024.
ESG Insights
ESG Insights

Issue 169: Carbon credit insurance gets MAS boost; sustainable loans draw scrutiny

HDB flats in Bishan during sunset as viewed from Blk 354 Ang Mo Kio Street 32 on May 15, 2020.
ESG

Singapore receives interest from Malaysian firms to export renewable energy through second interconnector

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ESG

Singapore drafts framework for cross-border trade of renewable energy certificates within Asean

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