Date :19 Oct 2018 For close to two decades, the SIIA has focused on how fires and haze, among the major controversies plaguing the plantation and agroforestry sector, can be managed and eventually eradicated. Ensuring the sector’s supply chain improves its sustainability practices not only matters...
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) recognizes the increasing importance of sustainable banking and has adopted a three-year strategic plan (2017-2019) to promote sustainable banking in the Thai financial sector. In this respect, the BOT organised the inaugural Bangkok Sustainable Banking Forum on 23 July 2018...
As a leading financial hub, Singapore is witnessing a growing interest in Green Finance amid a broader transition towards a sustainable, green economy. Various stakeholders such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and the Singapore Exchange have...
SIIA Chairman Simon Tay spoke at the Sustainable Forum 2018 on 23 July 2018 in Bangkok, organised by the Bank of Thailand. Prof Tay appeared on a panel on "Financing while Preserving Environment", commenting on Singapore's early steps towards green growth in the financial sector. While...
ASEAN’s economy is expected to grow at an estimated 5.1 percent annually, but its energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will also increase by 67 percent by 2030. To counteract this trend, in December 2017, the Philippines ratified a coal tax in December 2017, after...
As a leading financial hub, Singapore is witnessing a growing interest in Green Finance amid a broader transition towards a sustainable, green economy. The Singapore Government has signalled the intention to shift national attitudes and business behaviour towards combating climate change and sustainable development while...
As policymakers and industry leaders promote the development of green finance in Asia and globally, GFMA and ASIFMA have increasingly worked with public and private stakeholders to build understanding of how capital markets can be best leveraged to support sustainable economic growth. This conference will...
As the ASEAN Chair for 2018, Singapore is focusing on themes of resilience and innovation. In January, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had announced plans to start some ASEAN projects aimed at strengthening ASEAN’s collective resilience against common threats such as climate change. Climate change,...
Two years since the Paris Agreement, many ASEAN countries are placing increasing emphasis on combating climate change and its adverse impacts. Governments have started to invest in improving air and water quality, low-carbon transport, and better use of resources to shift towards green growth. We...
By Simon Tay and Fawziah Selamat For The Business Times SUSTAINABILITY issues are still often seen as long-term concerns, rather than requiring urgent attention, despite the Paris agreement to take action to address climate change. Within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), there have also been...