The Business Times
business-time-50
ESG Insights
·
SUBSCRIBERS

Issue 165: All eyes on Singapore’s green bond auction; a call for insurance consistency

This week in ESG: Singapore reopens S$1 billion of 50-year green bonds; insurance companies’ split personality on climate risk

Summarise
google-preferred-sourceAdd BT as a preferred source
Kenneth Lim

Kenneth Lim

Published Fri, Sep 26, 2025 · 07:00 PM
阅读简体中文版 (beta)
    • The Singapore yield curve is the steepest since the 50-year sovereign green bond was first launched in 2022.
    • The Singapore yield curve is the steepest since the 50-year sovereign green bond was first launched in 2022. ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM

    DeeperDive is a beta AI feature. Refer to full articles for the facts.

    Sustainable finance

    A reopening and a litmus test

    Note: ESG Insights will take a break on Oct 3 and return on Oct 10.

    Singapore’s latest green bond offering arrives in a drought for South-east Asia’s sustainable debt scene, and its performance could help set the tone for the market as the year enters its final quarter.

    Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.

    ESG Insightssustainable financedebt capital marketssovereign debtBondsInsuranceClimate changeNatural disastersESG

    Copyright SPH Media. All rights reserved.

    Reuse this contentFeedback

    TRENDING NOW

    In this economy, the smartest bets might no longer be sitting an ocean away, but are waiting right here at home.

    ‘Boring’ is the new black: The stars are aligning for a Singapore stock market revival

    Sales have rebounded in March after the year-end lull and seasonal Chinese New Year pullback.

    Near sell-out launches in March boost developer sales to 1,300 units after four slow months

    US President Donald Trump (left) with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Busan last October.

    China pips the US if Asean is forced to choose, but analysts warn against reading it like a sports result

    Lim's pay package includes about S$3.6 million as salary and around S$3.9 million as bonus, indicates the company's annual report.

    Genting Singapore’s Lim Kok Thay receives S$7.5 million pay package for FY2025

    Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
    Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
    View More