Decoding Sustainable Finance
We attempt to break down complex issues surrounding the latest regulations and trends in sustainable finance.
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Are biodiversity credits doomed to repeat the voluntary carbon market’s flaws?
To avoid carbon credit pitfalls, the nascent market's pioneers are keen to rule out offsetting and secondary market trading, while letting Indigenous peoples and local communities take the lead. But NGOs call the financing mechanism a “false solution to a false problem”.
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan
‘Second-party opinions’: a greenwash safeguard or just for show?
The unregulated product is increasingly offered by ESG raters to gauge how “green” a bond or loan is. But “overly positive” reviews challenge their ability to bring credibility to the trillion-dollar sustainable debt market, experts say.
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan
What is parametric insurance and why is its demand growing in Asia?
Parametric insurance helps minimise losses from climate-related disasters, to which Asia is particularly vulnerable. In Southeast Asia, this has been used to insure against typhoons, earthquakes, and crop losses.
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan
From rhino bonds to debt-for-nature swaps: Can these financing instruments protect Asia’s biodiversity?
The novel mechanisms promise to mobilise more private financing for conservation, but risk distracting developing countries from addressing underlying debt issues and could ultimately be exploitative, say experts.
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Explainer: Why has blended finance not lived up to its promise?
31 August 2023
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Explainer: The clamour for elusive climate grants
29 August 2023
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Sustainability-linked bonds and how to use them credibly
21 August 2023
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COP29 opens with approval of global carbon credit trade rules
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Singapore to develop a new climate blended finance fund with BlackRock; commits up to US$500m
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Launch of plastics factory in Singapore on eve of pollution treaty talks riles climate group
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Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP29?
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‘ESG was already ailing’: Asia chief sustainability officers jittery about Trump 2.0’s impact on green agenda
Most CSOs are reserving judgment on what another Trump presidency could mean for climate, but some say environmental, … -
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Investors prepared to divest Southeast Asian businesses that lack climate transition plans
A new climate guide for the region’s boards of directors warns of growing legal consequences for corporate stewards …
