Tag: sustainability

The bank's partnership with ESGpedia is extending corporate sustainability-linked loan financing to SMEs which are purchasing or refinancing a property.

An AIIB led consortium has pledged $6 billion to finance green and tech enabled infrastructure across Southeast Asia.

The sustainability linked financing covers greenfield and operational assets across Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and involved a consortium of 60 banks. The financing comes after Blackstone and CPPIB's acquisition of the group last year.

As the environmental conversation shifts from carbon to natural capital, corporate treasurers are finding themselves on the frontlines. A new Singapore-led white paper outlines why nature-related risk may be the next big exposure to hit balance sheets.

IHH is one of Asia's largest private healthcare providers is aiming for net-zero by 2050; it is UOB's first SLL in the healthcare sector.

Balancing core financial performance and meeting ESG regulatory standards is becoming a fine line for corporates to walk, according to senior executives at Towngas and Kerry Logistics Network.

As the HKEX steps up climate reporting disclosures, there is insufficient reporting on Scope 3 emissions, carbon reduction targets and transition plans, according to research; a lack of resources in one of the key hurdles.

The five-year loan is the first SLL in Hong Kong’s public transportation sector with Science Based Targets initiative approved decarbonisation targets.

By embedding ESG principles into treasury, cash management and financing strategies, RGE has been awarded three accolades at the CorporateTreasurer Awards 2024: Best ESG Initiative, Excellence in Cash Management, and Leading Woman in Treasury.

Banks are providing incentives to encourage greener, more transparent supply chains, however managing costs is a key challenge, according to a survey.

Hong Kong eyes full alignment with the sustainability rules by 2028; despite progress in core disclosure, advanced metrics, such as climate risks, are a long way from their targets in Asia.

Precious Shipping Public Company is looking to substantially reduce emissions in a first for the Asean shipping sector, with the help of an arm of the Asian Development Bank.