29 Sep Can Asean balance growth and sustainability in post-COVID infrastructure development? (Eco-Business)
Speaking at the “Infrastructure of the Future: Financing Sustainable Growth in ASEAN”, a webinar that is organised as part of Temasek’s Ecosperity Conversations, the SIIA Chairman, Associate Professor Simon Tay said that it was “critical” for green finance to fill infrastructure investment gaps in ASEAN, which have been widened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Meixi Gan, Assistant Director (Sustainability), SIIA, further noted that ASEAN needs to balance economic growth with sustainability, and “develop a common understanding among all stakeholders – including financial institutions, multilateral organisations and project developers – of what sustainable infrastructure looks like.”
Read more in this article by The Eco-Business.