Barlow has over 50 years of experience in the palm oil industry. Former Malaysian Attorney General Tommy Thomas and RSPO chief Joseph D’Cruz are among the board’s new members.
With a Singapore central bank-backed utility offering free Scope 1 and 2 disclosure tools, startups in the increasingly crowded space need to “re-rationalise” their business models amid a funding winter, with more consolidation expected.
The new Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials guidance goes beyond the dominant financed emissions metric and could be used to quantify avoided emissions from financing the early phase-out of coal, which has gained momentum in Asia.