Green Bonds Asia

Singapore Exchange • 2 Shenton Way, #02-02 SGX Centre 1, Singapore 068804

Event Partner

Venue Sponsor

About Singapore Exchange  

Singapore Exchange is Asia's leading and trusted market infrastructure, operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards. As Asia's most international, multi-asset exchange, SGX provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services, with about 40% of listed companies and 75% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore.

SGX is the world's most liquid offshore market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN and offers commodities and currency derivatives products. Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities. For more information, please visit www.sgx.com.

Sponsors

Amundi is Europe’s largest asset manager with over €1.4 trillion of assets (as of December 2017) and ranks top 10  globally with six main investment hubs. Amundi offers its clients a wealth of market expertise and a full range of capabilities across the active, passive and real assets investment universes. Headquartered in Paris, and listed since November 2015, Amundi is also the top asset manager in Europe by market capitalisation.

With its unique research capabilities and the skills of close to 5,000 team members and market experts based in 37 countries, Amundi provides retail, institutional and corporate clients with innovative investment strategies and solutions tailored to their needs, targeted outcomes and risk profiles.

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 1,800 locations in more than 50 countries. The Group has over 150,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to “be the world’s most trusted financial group” through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all of the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges.

For more information, visit https://www.mufg.jp/english

Proparco is the private-sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement (AFD). For 40 years we provide funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in developing and emerging-market countries. We seek to partner projects in key development sectors: infrastructure with a specific focus on renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, healthcare and education, etc.  Our priority is to boost private sector investment in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Proparco thus finances businesses whose activity is instrumental in the creation of decent jobs, the provision of essential goods and services and the fight against climate change. www.proparco.fr

Co-sponsors

About DBS 
DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS has a growing presence in the three key Asian axes of growth: Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The bank's "AA-" and "Aa1" credit ratings are among the highest in the world.

DBS is at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, and has been named “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney. The bank has also been recognised for its leadership in the region, having been named “Asia’s Best Bank” by several publications including The Banker, Global Finance, IFR Asia and Euromoney since 2012. In addition, the bank has been named “Safest Bank in Asia” by Global Finance for nine consecutive years from 2009 to 2017.

DBS provides a full range of services in consumer, SME and corporate banking. As a bank born and bred in Asia, DBS understands the intricacies of doing business in the region’s most dynamic markets. DBS is committed to building lasting relationships with customers, and positively impacting communities through supporting social enterprises, as it banks the Asian way. It has also established a SGD 50 million foundation to strengthen its corporate social responsibility efforts in Singapore and across Asia.

With its extensive network of operations in Asia and emphasis on engaging and empowering its staff, DBS presents exciting career opportunities. The bank acknowledges the passion, commitment and can-do spirit in all of its 26,000 staff, representing over 40 nationalities. For more information, please visit www.dbs.com.

 

About ING Bank

ING is a global financial institution with a strong European base, offering banking services through its operating company ING Bank. The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. ING Bank's more than 51,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries.

Sustainability forms an integral part of ING’s strategy, evidenced by ING’s ranking as a leader in the banks industry group by Sustainalytics. ING Group shares are included in the FTSE4Good index and in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (Europe and World), where ING is also among the leaders in the banks industry group. 

ING Wholesale Banking is present and active in 14 major economies in the Asia Pacific, namely Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. ING’s presence in Asia also includes a 13% stake in Bank of Beijing, China; a 3.74% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank, India; a 30.0% stake in TMB Bank, Thailand; and a 100% stake in ING Direct in Australia.

Exhibitor

Sustainalytics is an independent ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analysis firm supporting investors around the world with the development and implementation of responsible investment strategies. With 15 offices globally, Sustainalytics partners with institutional investors who integrate environmental, social and governance information and assessments into their investment processes. Today, the firm has more than 300 staff members, including 170 analysts with varied multidisciplinary expertise of more than 40 sectors. Through the IRRI survey, investors selected Sustainalytics as the best independent responsible investment research firm for three consecutive years, 2012 through 2014 and in 2015, Sustainalytics was named among the top three firms for both ESG and Corporate Governance research. For more information, visit www.sustainalytics.com

 

Marketing partners

China SIF, established in Beijing in 2012, is a non-profit organization that aims to promote the concept of responsible investment, to encourage green finance and to facilitate sustainable development of China’s capital market.

China SIF has provided a platform for domestic and foreign experts to share research findings, corporates and financial institutions to share practical cases, and practitioners and media to join the discussion.

 

SynTao Green Finance is a professional consultancy in China, providing ESG data analysis and rating, green bond verification, research and consulting in responsible investment and green finance. SynTao GF is a signatory to the UN PRI and the first China based Climate Bonds Initiative approved verifier.

Association Partners

Korea Sustainability Investing Forum (KoSIF) is a non-profit organization, established in April 2007 with a view to contributing to the construction of sustainable society by promoting sustainable investment in Korea. Our missions are 1) to encourage ESG consideration in decision-making, 2) to assist institutional investors with active ownership, 3) to support a long-term perspective in finance, 4) to introduce international trends on sustainable finance to the Korean market, and 5) to contribute to the integration and development of the global society through socially responsible investment (SRI) movement. Currently 40 individual members and 10 corporate members support KoSIF activities such as the Annual Forum on Sustainable Finance, engagement with law makers and policy makers on corporate social responsibility (CSR)/SRI policy and climate change-related disclosure. KoSIF is partnering with international organizations including CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). KoSIF is also closely working with many national organizations including CSR Forum of Korea’s National Assembly, Renewable Energy Forum of Korea’s National Assembly, Korean Academy of Business Ethics, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP/FI) Korea Group, the UN Global Compact Korea Network and the National Anti-corruption Forum.