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

Issue 189: Carbon tax in an energy crisis; Singapore good timing on green bonds

This week in ESG: Singapore’s carbon tax may have room for relief; Reopened 30-year Singapore green bonds yield 2.57 per cent

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

Kenneth Lim

Published Fri, Apr 3, 2026 · 07:00 PM
阅读简体中文版 (beta)
    • Singapore has hiked its carbon tax rate to five times the previous levy, but tax revenues have only tripled.
    • Singapore has hiked its carbon tax rate to five times the previous levy, but tax revenues have only tripled. ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM

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

    Carbon pricing

    Exploring relief options in Singapore’s carbon tax

    ESG Insights will take a break on Apr 10 and return on Apr 17.

    As the Middle East conflict continues to disrupt global oil and gas supply chains, Singapore may have to weigh the possibility of providing relief from its carbon tax.

    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 InsightsCarbon taxMiddle EastIran wardebt capital marketssustainable financesovereign bondESG

    Copyright SPH Media. All rights reserved.

    Reuse this contentFeedback

    TRENDING NOW

    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

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stopped short of explicitly naming the US or Israel as aggressors, a telling omission from a country that otherwise speaks with little diplomatic timidity.

    Beijing’s calculated silence on the Iran war 

    Those aged below 30 account for the largest share of overqualification.

    More workers in Singapore opt for jobs for which they are overqualified: MOM, NTUC studies

    While residential property has delivered solid gains, observers say other assets such as equities often outpace it over the longer term.

    Higher costs, lower returns: Why are Singaporeans still betting on real estate?

    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