Advancing Sustainable Finance and Climate Transition in Asia: How capital markets are supporting the evolving agenda

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08 May 2025

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Date: 8 May 2025
Time: 13:30 - 18:00 SGT
Venue: GX Auditorium, Level 2, Singapore Exchange, 2 Shenton Way, SGX Centre 1, Singapore 068804

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In an era of turbulence caused by geopolitical tensions and climate change, capital markets play a pivotal role in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy. This event gathers stakeholders across the market to assess the practical challenges and explore solutions to increase capital market investment in sustainability and climate transition.

The conference agenda combines keynote speeches and panel discussions from leading market figures and experts in sustainable finance. It features a global update on market developments and voluntary best practice from the Principles; practical guidance on transition finance through implementation of the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy, and discussions on the role of sustainable bonds to support the development of blended finance.

Admission: This in-person event is free to attend and open to ICMA members and interested market participants. Registration in advance is required.

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13:30	Registration
14:00	Welcome remarks Herry Cho, Managing Director, Head of Sustainability & Sustainable Finance, Singapore Exchange Group
14:10	Keynote presentation: Global update on market developments and voluntary best practice from the Principles Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA
14:30	Panel 1: Transition finance and the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy in the global markets Moderator: Kavitha Menon, Director, Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA) Panellists: Jeong Yoon Mee, Managing Director, Head of Sustainability Office, Global Wholesale Banking, OCBC Shilpa Gulrajani, Head of Sustainable Finance, DBS Bank Sylvia Chen, Head of ESG, South Asia Amundi
15:20	Coffee break
15:40	Panel 2: The view from global debt capital markets: Asia’s green growth opportunity Moderator: Mushtaq Kapasi, Managing Director and Chief Representative for Asia-Pacific, ICMA Panellists: Anuj Awasthi, Vice President for Operations, Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility Sean Henderson, Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets, APAC, HSBC Shailesh Venkatraman, Managing Director, Co-Head of Capital Markets Group, APAC, MUFG Speaker to be announced
16:30	Panel 3: Blended finance in the debt capital markets Panellists: Norbert Ling, Portfolio Manager – Sustainable and Impact Investments, Invesco Speakers to be announced
17:15	Closing remarks Speaker to be announced
17:20	Networking reception
18:00	Event close

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