Event sign up - Sustainable Finance

"The task to accelerate sustainable finance to create and enable green solutions is critical. By some estimates, US$2 trillion in infrastructure investments will be needed over the next decade in Southeast Asia alone to enable the sustainable transition and put the region on the path to net-zero” Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance and National Development, Singapore.
 
The finance industry is the golden key to ensuring a sustainable future for all. The financial sector holds enormous discretionary power to direct scarce capital to small and large-scale projects, as well as bring awareness to issues of sustainability, whether by allowing for research and development of alternative energy sources or supporting businesses that follow fair and sustainable trade and labour practices impacting global supply chains in the process.
 
The keynote for the event will be delivered by Boon Gin Tan, CEO, SGX Regco, followed by an expert panel consisting of Abigail Ng, Executive Director, Markets Policy & Infrastructure Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Vesi Kertikova, Director - ESG Investment Management, Temasek and Kelvin Tay, Regional Chief Investment Officer, UBS, moderated by Jaclyn Seow, Head of ESG and Impact, Openspace Ventures, who will explore the latest developments, standards and trends in sustainable finance and ESG investing with a particular focus on how this will inform corporate and individual actions in the region, recent and ongoing progress in the area of verification and transparency, including insights on the role of data and technology to ensure integrity and trust in sustainability disclosures and financing platforms, including carbon financing, recent progress by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and SGX Group, analyzing Singapore, the opportunities and challenges ahead, in order to set a globally relevant baseline for sustainability disclosure to support sustainable development.