On March 27, 2023, the ASEAN Taxonomy Board released Version 2 of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (the "ASEAN Taxonomy").

Building on Akin Gump's previous coverage on Singapore's efforts to advance its green transition initiative and following on from our insights into the Asia Climate Summit 2022...

Building on Akin Gump's previous coverage on Singapore's efforts to advance its green transition initiative1 and following on from our insights into the Asia Climate Summit 2022...

This post delivers updates on some of the key recent developments in Singapore's energy transition landscape, building on Akin Gump's previous coverage on Singapore's efforts...

This post delivers updates on some of the key recent developments in Singapore's energy transition landscape, building on Akin Gump's previous coverage on Singapore's efforts to develop...

The European Union (EU)'s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance ("TEG") recently revised their proposed EU Green Bond Standard ("EU-GBS").

The 15th Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) kicked off with a bang on 25 October 2022 and the flagship Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) also got off with a resounding start on 26 October 2022.

Climate reporting refers to the public disclosure by companies of information on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate-related risks, opportunities, governance, strategy, and targets relating to sustainability.

Recognising the threat of climate change and the importance of sustainable development, Singapore has made a commitment to establishing a robust framework of environmental and climate change laws...

With the release of the Report, it now appears that hydrogen is set to become a key component in Singapore's strategy to achieving net-zero.

As global challenges such as climate change and healthcare disparities intensify, traditional forms of giving are proving insufficient to bridge the gap between available resources...

The Covid-19 pandemic is rooted in environmental crisis, including in particular the anthropogenic degradation of biodiversity.

Joining international efforts in fighting climate change, Singapore has earlier in 2020 submitted its Nationally Determined Contribution ("NDC") pledging to "peak emissions at 65 MtCO2e around 2030"...

Green bonds have come a long way in the last decade with increasing demand from investors looking to align their investments with the Sustainable Development Goals...

The long anticipated 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) kicked off last week in Glasgow and we have been closely monitoring the events of the conference,...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore recently completed its consultation on a set of three proposed Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management for banks, insurers, and asset managers respectively.

Climate change is the existential threat of our times, and unless all countries collectively keep greenhouse emissions at a level consistent with an increase in not more than 1.5oC of global warming above pre-industrial levels,...

In April 2020, we shared a Client Update on the emerging use of transition financing to supplement existing green financing practices.