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  • Debt market to play "pivotal role" in Asia's transition, says SGX

    10 June 2024

    Sustainable debt issuance has "huge potential" to play a leading role in Asia's transition, according to SGX Group's Herry Cho, but issuer transition plans must be scrutinised.

  • SGX: 'Uneven' Singapore climate disclosures a 'reality check'

    23 November 2023

    Climate-related disclosures by Singapore-listed firms remain "uneven" after the recent roll-out of requirements by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), but the stock exchange hopes data from the first round of reporting will spur improvement.

  • BlackRock and SGX launch Asian 'climate action' ETF

    22 September 2023

  • MAS and SGX launch ESG reporting platform

    12 September 2022

  • Singapore Exchange CEO lays out anti-greenwashing measures

    19 July 2022

    "The biggest threat to [the transition] right now is greenwashing" said Tan Boon Gin, CEO of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) who explained the group is working on improving disclosure requirements to combat the practice.

  • ACRA and SGX launch sustainability reporting committee

    21 June 2022

  • SGX steps up Singapore's sustainability drive

    28 July 2021

    Plans to require TCFD reporting and the launch of a nature-based carbon market are set to boost sustainable investing in Singapore, Herry Cho tells Michael Hurley

  • Climate Action – how the bond market can finance the fight

    05 September 2019

    The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.

  • Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference

    15 June 2018

    Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference saw the agreement of a deal that could help drive growth in the region, writes Michael Hurley.