Sustainability

The agreement is part of a total package of $306m which will help provide funding for business loans and for financing electric vehicles; MSMEs contribute to 30% of India's GDP and employ over 120 million people, including female entrepreneurs.

The money raised from the 3.5% notes, due in 2030, will go towards the data infrastructure firm's green projects such as energy efficiency at its data centres across Apac; DBS, Standard Chartered, HSBC and OCBC helped secure the bond.

Amelia Ng, CEO of Olea, discussed the urgent need to close the gender gap in the trade finance space with CT.

The principles published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will help provide standardised guidelines for trade finance products.

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 2025 Budget is bringing tax cuts, support for households, tax incentives for equities, more climate measures and support for AI; Singapore saw 4.4% GDP growth in 2024.

The plan is to create carbon credit trading on a "transparent" platform, and should help with nationally determined contributions.

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

The coal firm is converting organic and inorganic sulfur into usable sulfur and repurposing slag, which is a byproduct of turning coal into a fuel gas, for building materials. China's transition financing gap is vast.

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.

Martijn Hoogerwerf shares his views on green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, taxonomies, trade and transition finance.