sustainable investing

ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 181: Singtel acquires greener data centres; carbon tax in focus for Singapore Budget 2026

This week in ESG: ST Telemedia Global Data Centres may improve Singtel’s emissions profile; businesses call for relief from carbon tariff

Sembcorp will miss its 2028 emissions intensity targets if it acquires Alinta.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 180: Sembcorp shareholders vote on Alinta deal; new directorship institute launches

This week in ESG: Sembcorp acquisition’s coal exposure raises questions; GDInstitute offers alternative to Singapore Institute of Directors

Flood-risk systems and climate-resilient infrastructure are options that some companies are eyeing as a way to adapt to climate change.

Less than 50% of companies looking to invest in climate risk management: survey

Lack of knowledge, budget constraints could be among reasons that are holding firms back

Public funds are not enough to meet the adaptation financing needs of Asia-Pacific, and that private finance needs to plug the gap.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 179: No longer the poorer cousin of mitigation?

This week in ESG: Growing momentum in adaptation financing

Among competing and urgent needs, oceans have often been at the bottom of the funding priority list.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 177: Investing in the blue economy

This week in ESG: Mark Dalio lays out a viable pathway to investing in oceans

Coal consumption growth in South-east Asia will lead the world until 2030, says the International Energy Agency.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 176: Indonesia’s U-turn on coal phase-out; climate scenarios caught in paper retraction

This week in ESG: Cancellation of coal plant’s early retirement jeopardises multilateral programme; Retracted study used to model climate damage by central banks

Indonesia’s state-owned utility company PLN cites extremely high costs as the reason behind its decision to scrap Cirebon-1’s early shutdown.

Investor interest in Indonesia’s energy transition may suffer after first coal phase-out project scrapped

The policy U-turn contradicts the country’s own commitments, says a think tank

Alinta’s indirect emissions exceed Sembcorp’s mostly due to contracted power purchased from a coal plant.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 175: Sembcorp courts still-brown Alinta; Asia can’t let coal go

This week in ESG: Sembcorp to buy Australian utility A$6.5 billion; coal phase-out fizzling out in Asia

Asean’s push for a low-carbon future is reshaping global investment flows.
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