Ecosperity: From ambition to action

Ecosperity is one of Singapore investment company Temasek's key platforms for engaging on sustainable development topics. Its annual sustainability event, Ecosperity Week, gathers global business leaders, policy-makers, investors and civil society to address what is needed to bring about transformational breakthroughs for our planet, businesses and communities.

SMBC’s group chief sustainability officer Masayuki Takanashi

While several projects have been suspended in the past year, the Japanese megabank still expects growing domestic demand for the gas, due to the need to clean up the power, mobility, chemical and steel sectors.

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As support for credits tied to shutting Asia’s coal plants early grows, a buyers alliance has been formed. Efforts to boost confidence in the new asset class have borne fruit and proponents are now looking at strengthening “the demand side of the equation” by end of the year, said Rockerfeller Foundation's climate lead Joseph Curtin.

Flooding in Orchard in Singapore in 2010

While the public sector is expected to account for the bulk of adaptation funding, a new study by Temasek and BCG identifies six investable segments for private investors, from climate risk data providers to flood defense infrastructure.

Solar panels on a commercial building in Penang, Malaysia2

Across the region, private investments in green projects saw a substantial 43-per-cent increase year on year, led by solar deals. But progress is uneven and Southeast Asia still struggles to close an annual funding gap of US$50 billion by 2030.