In this new video-based series, FinanceAsia aims to uncover how prominent leaders in APAC are meeting the challenges of incorporating ESG-based financing, as it gains traction across the region.
In this new video-based series, FinanceAsia aims to uncover how prominent leaders in APAC are meeting the challenges of incorporating ESG-based financing, as it gains traction across the region.
A combination of stricter requirements in allocating bond proceeds and higher bond yields has made China’s onshore green bonds an increasingly attractive option, says Sustainable Fitch.
Besides raising $6.73 billion in Southeast Asia’s largest rights issue in 2021, Indonesia-based BRI has emerged as a bank leading the change in the DEI and ESG spaces.
Ayala is stepping up to become a sustainable leader in its native Philippines and across the APAC region, with its willingness to explore novel approaches to ESG, as well its commitment to rigorous global benchmarks and scrutiny.
At an ANZ-sponsored roundtable in mid-June 2023 – jointly held in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington – investors and borrowers from across the region shared their experiences, preferences, strategies and visions in relation to how to spur green, social and sustainability (GSS) issuance for the rest of 2023, and beyond.
Investors and borrowers are getting a lot savvier across a wider range of sustainable finance instruments. This is paving the way for more innovative issuance to achieve goals in newer areas like biodiversity, energy transition and gender equality, finds the 6th annual ANZ/FinanceAsia poll.
Hong Kong-based conglomerate NWD has become a driving force in advancing ESG practices with its commitment to creating shared value (CSV) by driving long-term sustainable growth for society, and its responsiveness to the needs of all stakeholders.