Sustainable finance

Science & Technology

Top Apps to Offset Your Carbon Footprint

Businesses and individuals increasingly search for tools to offset their carbon footprint and improve their environmental impact. If you don’t know where to start, these helpful apps will guide you through the whole process, making the transition to sustainability easy and effective.

Science & Technology

CIMB and Gentari to Drive Green Mobility and Facilitate Decarbonisation

Malaysia’s clean energy solutions provider Gentari has teamed up with the local bank CIMB Group Holdings Berhad to promote green mobility and decarbonise the value chain across the ASEAN region.

Science & Technology

Can AI Help People Improve Their Lifestyles and Boost Motivation?

As the new year approaches, many of us are already coming up with 2025 resolutions. However, statistically, more than 90% will fail to fulfil them either entirely or partially. Almost half have already quit by the end of January. Lack of motivation and challenges faced on the way to one’s dreams are often insurmountable obstacles. […]

News

MARA to Leverage Advanced ASIC Recycling at New Wind Farm in Texas

Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), a major Bitcoin mining company, acquired a 114-megawatt wind farm in Hansford County, Texas.

Fintech & Ecommerce

ADB Partners Mastercard to Boost Financing for MSMEs

ADB and Mastercard share a common goal to foster inclusive economic growth, particularly in developing economies where MSMEs are the backbone of the business ecosystem.

News

IFC Boosts Climate Financing in Vietnam to Propel Green Transition

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has scaled up its climate financing in Vietnam, to strengthen private sector resilience and green economic growth.

Fintech & Ecommerce

How to Appeal to Gen Z With Your Fintech Solution

Gen Z is gradually emerging as a major influential power in the e-commerce sector. Although Gen X still remains the biggest spender, Zoomers are expected to display the fastest spending power growth in the next 10 years. Here is how to cater to this increasingly important consumer category with a suitable fintech solution.

News

DBS Leverages PBOC’s Carbon Emission Reduction Facility to Issue RMB 500M Green Loan

The green loan provided by DBS will help Envision Energy develop a 100-megawatt wind turbine farm in the Henan province in northeastern China.

Articles

Net Zero Gold: Challenges & Opportunities

While not being the most carbon-intensive production in the world, gold mining is still responsible for around 0.3% of annual global emissions. The transition to net zero is challenging due to the nature of the complex mining process and other factors, but it also may be truly rewarding if all opportunities are considered.

Fintech & Ecommerce

HSBC & SBF to Help Singapore Businesses Expand to Greater Bay Area, India, and the Middle East

Due to the fresh partnership, businesses in Singapore will be able to leverage global HSBC network and solutions for international expansion and net-zero transition.

News

Blockchain Exchange Net Zero-X Launches to Tackle Financing Gap for Climate Projects

Singapore-based blockchain exchange for impact investors Net Zero-X aims to support financing vetted green, clean, and climate tech projects.

Society & Lifestyle

IFC and EPIC Group Partner to Support Sustainable Textile Manufacturing in Bangladesh and India

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) partnered with EPIC Group, a leading player in the global apparel industry and a sustainable fashion company, to help finance its green capital expenditure program and support sustainable textile facility expansion in Bangladesh and India.

Finance & Economics

MAS to Invest S$35 million to Upskill Sustainable Finance Specialists

The Sustainable Finance Jobs Transformation Map (JTM) laid out by MAS aims to support upskilling and reskilling in the financial sector and develop a new range of specialists in sustainable finance over the next three years.

News

Climeworks Solutions Fast-Track Carbon Removal

Climeworks extends its DAC offering with Climeworks Solutions – holistic carbon removal portfolios tailored to the individual needs of different companies.

Finance & Economics

Green Finance Becomes a New Norm: Research

The new LBBW study “Sustainability and Green Finance” confirms that combining finance with sustainable aspects is increasingly becoming normal rather than exceptional.

Blockchain & Crypto

Sustainable Miners to Suffer Less From Bitcoin Halving

Bitcoin halving event is typically a challenging period for the miners, yet those who operate based on energy-efficient models are more likely to keep operations profitable during that time, explain U.S. mining firms.