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Asean’s push for a low-carbon future is reshaping global investment flows.
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Why Asean’s next decade will shape the global energy transition

With energy demand rising and climate risks escalating, Maybank is teaming up with partners to bridge the capital gap for a more sustainable future  

Singapore and Indonesia use different criteria for financing the early retirement of coal plants.
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Issue 172: Asean Taxonomy’s unfinished business; data centres encroach on palm oil

This week in ESG: Asean launches complete version of sustainable finance criteria; Malaysian plantations to build green data centres

CapitaLand Investment emits about four times as much carbon dioxide as Mapletree Investments.
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Issue 170: Potential CapitaLand, Mapletree merger’s ESG challenge; COP30 confronts US pullback

This week in ESG: Temasek-linked real estate companies explore union; report finds US gains at expense of others in climate withdrawal

Adaptation entails coming up with ways to cope with the rapid rise in extreme floods, fires and droughts brought on by higher temperatures. The theme has captured the attention of Wall Street's biggest banks.

Private equity veteran goes all out on extreme weather bets

The market for so-called adaptation and resilience strategies may reach US$1.3 trillion by 2030, and presents clear opportunities for investors

South-east Asia loses about US$2.41 per kilowatt hour of unserved energy on average, says Ember.
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Issue 168: S-E Asia’s attainable smart grid; new GRESB rankings show progress

This week in ESG: US$11 billion can deliver Asean smart grid, says think tank; average scores improve in real estate sustainability benchmark

Almost all of Seatrium’s non-oil and gas order book as at end-June 2025 is in offshore wind.
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Issue 167: Seatrium tosses in offshore turbulence; Singapore greenlights novel green jet fuel model

This week in ESG: Cancelled job rocks Seatrium offshore wind business; Singapore adopts fixed-cost envelope approach to adopt sustainable aviation fuel

Charles Emond, president and chief executive of La Caisse, says the pension investment firm's new climate strategy will raise its commitment to climate action from the current level of C$158 billion to C$400 billion by 2030.

Canadian pension fund La Caisse gears up to invest C$15 billion in Asia-Pacific

Infrastructure is expected to take up C$9 billion while credit and real estate will account for C$3 billion each

Most major markets in Asia lack consistent climate adaptation plans, says a prominent climate-focused investor group.
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Issue 166: GIC mainstreams climate adaptation investing; Singapore to tackle reporting of cloud services emissions

This week in ESG: Asian investors focus on financing climate adaptation and resilience; Infocomm Media Development Authority to support companies on digital emissions

“I do believe there will be a revival at one point where we start to see stewardship, ESG become a bigger investment topic,” said Adrian Zuercher, co-head of global asset allocation and co-head of global investment management Apac at UBS Chief Investment office.

New clients will drive ESG revival: UBS wealth executive

[SINGAPORE] A new wave of investors and private banking clients are increasingly demanding sustainable solutions for their portfolios, according to a UBS Group executive.