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ANZ is a leading sustainable financing bank in Asia Pacific, assisting customers to shift to a net-zero carbon economy. We operate in 33 countries globally, including 29 in the region. ANZ's Purpose is to shape a world where people and communities thrive. This Purpose underpins all we do with our customers, employees, shareholders, the communities in which we operate and other stakeholders. ANZ is committed to funding and facilitating at least A$50 billion in sustainability solutions by October 2025. The bank is actively working to encourage and support 100 of its highest-emitting business customers to identify their climate change risks, create transition plans and report publicly on their progress. At ANZ we're dedicated to ensuring that environmental sustainability is at the centre of our strategies, planning and decisions.
Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Credit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022). More than 8,900 employees across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world. Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital markets activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade. The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.
For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.com
ING is a global financial institution with a strong European base, offering banking services through its operating company ING Bank. The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. ING Bank's more than 57,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries.
When it comes to sustainability, we facilitate and finance society's shift to a low-carbon future and pioneer innovative forms of finance to support a better world. As such, we're ranked first in the banks industry group by Sustainalytics and have an 'AA' rating in MSCI's ratings universe. ING Group shares are included in major sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) index products of leading providers STOXX, Morningstar and FTSE Russell.
In Asia Pacific, ING offers wholesale banking across 11 markets, namely Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. ING offers both retail and wholesale banking services in Australia. ING's regional presence includes a 13% stake in Bank of Beijing, China and a 23% stake in TMBThanachart Bank in Thailand.
For more information, please visit https://www.ing.com
Sustainalytics, a Morningstar Company, is a leading ESG research, ratings and data firm that supports investors around the world with the development and implementation of responsible investment strategies. For more than 25 years, the firm has been at the forefront of developing high-quality, innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of global investors. Today, Sustainalytics works with hundreds of the world's leading asset managers and pension funds who incorporate ESG and corporate governance information and assessments into their investment processes. Sustainalytics also works with hundreds of companies and their financial intermediaries to help them consider sustainability in policies, practices and capital projects. With 16 offices globally, Sustainalytics has more than 800 staff members, including more than 300 analysts with varied multidisciplinary expertise across more than 40 industry groups.
For more information, visit www.sustainalytics.com.
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.
Our teams of experts in around 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact.
We are committed to aligning our financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping our clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.
As part of the global financial services division of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group's financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A, Moody's: A1, Fitch: AA-, R&I: A+)
Sustainable Fitch provides insights, tools and data designed exclusively to help bring clarity to the ESG financial community. To best serve our clients and partners, Fitch realized that it would be necessary to build a new product suite of objective ESG data and analysis, focusing on consistency, comparability, coverage and granularity. Powered by the human insight that has differentiated Fitch for over 100 years, Sustainable Fitch brings experience and heritage to help the financial community make smarter decisions, using the best ESG information available.
For more information, visit www.sustainablefitch.com.
Moody's is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Our data, analytical solutions and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others. Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations are critical to managing risk and seizing opportunities in today's global capital markets. We are committed to transparently and systematically integrating ESG considerations into credit ratings.
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
To learn more, please visit www.msci.com.
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.
APSA was founded in Hong Kong in 2006 to promote the efficient growth and development of structured finance and securitisation throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and to advocate the interests and serve the needs of the structured finance industry. In 2019, APSA expanded to Singapore.
APSA seeks to be a provide a platform for the views of the industry to be communicated to policy makers, regulators, standards-setters, market participants and investors. Our membership consists of various participants of the regional structured finance industry, including regulators, investors, originators, banks, trustees, rating agencies, accountants, lawyers, academics and students. Our nominal membership fee ensures APSA retains a wide and independent membership representation across the structured finance industry. APSA collaborates closely with other organisations with similar interests, including ASIFMA, ASF, CSF, HKIB, HKSI, IMN, IFLR and TMA (with corresponding benefits to our members).
Please connect with us on LinkedIn: https://hk.linkedin.com/company/apsa-asia and visit our website: www.apsa-asia.com
Established in December 2016, the Asia Wind Energy Association is the leading industry association for the wind energy sector in Asia-Pacific. The Asia Wind Energy Association acts as the regional platform for all wind power industry stakeholders to collectively promote the best interests of the wind power sector. Members include power project developers, turbine manufacturers, technical consultants, financial institutions, regional associations, and other institutions in the wind energy sector.
The EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC) is the primary voice for European business within the ASEAN region. It is formally recognised by the European Commission and accredited under Annex 2 of the ASEAN Charter as an entity associated with ASEAN. Independent of both bodies, the Council has been established to help promote the interests of European businesses operating within ASEAN and to advocate for changes in policies and regulations which would help promote trade and investment between Europe and the ASEAN region. As such, the Council works on a sectorial and cross-industry basis to help improve the investment and trading conditions for European businesses in the ASEAN region through influencing policy and decision makers throughout the region and in the EU, as well as acting as a platform for the exchange of information and ideas amongst its members and regional players within the ASEAN region.
Korea Sustainability Investing Forum (KoSIF) is a non-profit organization, established in April 2007 with a view to contributing to the construction of sustainable society by promoting sustainable investment in Korea. KoSIF is partnering with international organizations including CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). KoSIF is also closely working with many national organizations including CSR Forum of Korea's National Assembly, Renewable Energy Forum of Korea's National Assembly, Korean Academy of Business Ethics, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP/FI) Korea Group, the UN Global Compact Korea Network and the National Anti-corruption Forum.
The Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE is a sector developer and membership body for aspiring social entrepreneurs, existing social enterprises and other individuals and organisations that are interested in contributing to the development of the Social Enterprise sector. raiSE was set up to raise awareness of social entrepreneurship and raise support for Social Enterprise in Singapore.