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New Asia-based carbon standards body promises quality carbon credits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... megacities and aims to have up to 100 projects in a year's time. The Asia Carbon Institute (ACI) has been launched in Singapore and Hong Kong and will focus on Asia's megacities - where some of the world's largest metropolises are located. ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... more than 300,000 global clients found. The study of core markets across countries including the UK, Japan, Germany, Singapore, and Australia aimed to understand clients' sentiment, confidence, concerns as well as outlook on their financial goals, ambitions ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... take the topic of climate and sustainable finance taxonomies, there are different taxonomies in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, there's also an ASEAN taxonomy. So if you've got a green product that's described as sustainable or ...

Standard Chartered Bank gets first head of social sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... head of social sustainability at Standard Chartered Bank. She will drive commercial social sustainability pillar from Singapore, leading new business and partnerships to boost the bank's social impact. She compliments the sustainability team under ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG expert is being promoted out of his current role as global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, based in Singapore. Tan will oversee sustainable investing and corporate sustainability across corporate operations and client services to ensure ...

Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... his role at a global business consultancy after 10 years to join Southeast Asia's largest finance group. Milburn joins Singapore bank DBS (previously Development Bank of Singapore Limited) as senior vice president in its chief sustainability office ...

Singapore fund invests in sustainable tourism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... to jointly train and equip tourism industry leaders and professionals on best practice in sustainability. As part of Singapore's national roadmap for hotel sustainability, at least 60% of all hotel room stock in Singapore are set to achieve internationally ...

Arup appoints state energy business leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... 20 years for Arup, most recently as principle for the firm's Southeast Asia Energy, Water and Resources business in Singapore. In that role, Briault led the expansion of Arup's Southeast Asia energy business where his portfolio of work includes the decarbonisation ...

Executive appointment roundup: State Street, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... new Brisbane-based role of executive director. Chaudron brings 20 years of experience, most recently at Rabobank in Singapore where he was head of capital markets South-East Asia and India and sustainable capital markets Asia. Emily Tonkin has been appointed ...

ANZ augments sustainable finance team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... on-the-ground presence in Queensland for the first time. Chaudron brings 20 years of experience, most recently at Rabobank in Singapore where he was head of capital markets South-East Asia and India and sustainable capital markets Asia. Emily Tonkin ...