As city dwellers, we spend about 90% of our time indoors. But, have you ever wondered about the sustainability of the building around you?

From the energy used to the carbon footprint - there are now tools available to help business calculate the sustainability of a building.

Corporate Facility Partners or CFP Green Buildings, a green real estate company from the Netherlands, has unveiled its innovative Green Buildings Tool in Singapore.

Rachel Kelly speaks to Olivier Noorduyn, Head of International Partnerships at CFP Building to find out more. 

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How often do you conduct a financial transaction online or on your mobile phone?

This luxury isn't available to everyone. 

In Southeast Asia for example, 225 million people lack access to a bank account, and 350 million do not have access to formal credit. 

Micro, small and medium enterprises are also facing a significant funding gap as a result of being underbanked. In fact, 39 million micro, small, and medium enterprises face a funding gap of up to US$300 billion.

To get a better understanding of the unserved situation, Rachel Kelly speaks with Dawn Chan, she is the CEO of the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices.

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It seems over the past few years that countries have been rolling out net zero goals faster than you can say - decarbonisation.

But the clock is ticking towards these targets and it is time for action.

According to the latest report by Bain & Company, Temasek, GenZero and Amazon Web Services  - Governments across Southeast Asia have set climate ambitions, but not enough action has been taken to meet nationally determined contribution targets by 2030.

The report highlights that SEA faces a unique set of challenges, making decarbonization particularly difficult.

In this episode of Eco Money, Rachel Kelly speaks to Dale Hardcastle, Global Head of Carbon Markets and Director of Global Sustainability Innovation Center, Bain & Company to find out more.

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Asia’s wealth management revenue is expected to reach $90 billion by 2025.

That’s as private banking in Asia is expected to display significant growth in the coming years as the number of ultra-high net worth individuals in the region increases.

This is according to the latest report by WWF-Singapore.

The nature group states that It is therefore more relevant than ever to stress the importance of sustainable practices in private banking and wealth management.

To dive deeper into how banks in Singapore are currently position, WWF conducted a pilot study of seven private banks.

Rachel Kelly speaks to Akshat Garg, Assistant Vice President, Asia Sustainable Finance, at WWF Singapore to get the details.

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Listed companies are on a path to warm the planet by 2.7° above preindustrial levels this century.

That’s according to the latest MSCI Net-Zero Tracker.

The number is well above  limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius  above preindustrial levels.

And while climate goals by listcos may be on the rise, so are emissions. 

Rachel Kelly speaks to Sylvain Vanston, Executive Director, Climate Change Investment Research, MSCI to find out why.

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Singapore aims to reach net zero by 2050.

And, according to some industry players - more needs to be done to reach climate goals.

A survey of members of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore revealed that more than two thirds (72%) of respondents believe that Singapore isn’t making fast enough progress on its net zero targets.

In this week's episode of Eco Money, Rachel Kelly speaks to Kavita Gandhi, Executive Director, SEAS to find out more. 

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The latest report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - showed that its Food Price Index rose by 0.6% month on month in April.

Now this might not sound like much, but -  this marks the first increase in the FFPI since March 2022, when prices rose by 13.1% on month  in the wake of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. 

In terms of the constituent groupings, the increase was driven by a 1.3% m-o-m rise in meat prices and a 17.6% m-o-m rise in the price of sugar.

To help us understand what’s driving these costs and what this means for other commodity prices Rachel Kelly spoke with Matthew Biggin, Commodity Analyst at Fitch Solutions. 

 

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The Asian Development Bank has launched the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific or IF -CAP to tackle the impact of climate change. 

This is believed to be the first time a leveraged guarantee mechanism for climate finance has been adopted by a multilateral development bank.

Up to $15 billion in new loans for much-needed climate projects across Asia and the Pacific could be created under IF-CAP.

Rachel Kelly takes a closer look in this episode of Eco Money.

 

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When you think of alternative meats - jackfruit may not be the first thing that comes to mind. 

BUT this humble fruit has been used in vegetarian dishes for years.

One Singapore based startup is betting big on this trend. KARANA has plans to take jackfruit global - starting from our little red dot. 

Eco Money Host, Rachel Kelly speaks to BLAIR CRICHTON, Co-Founder, KARANA to find out more.

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This Saturday the 22nd April marks Earth Day. This year’s theme “Invest in our planet”

But what is earth day and why does it matter? The answer may seem self-explanatory.

In this episode of Eco Money, Host, Rachel Kelly takes a look at the history and takes a closer look at the numbers.

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