What We Do

Comprising members from financial institutions, real economy corporates, enablers, NGOs, IHLs, policymakers, industry bodies, networks and various other organisations, SSFA will focus on:

Driving and shaping policy & regulatory developments, including development of industry best practices and guidance
Strengthening outreach and engagements within the financial sector, and with real economy sector and government agencies
Deepening capacity building
Fostering international collaboration

Key Workstreams

As a start, the SSFA will focus on five priority workstreams:

Carbon Markets

Advance and implement initiatives to establish Singapore as a leading regional and global carbon services and trading hub

Oi-Yee Choo (Climate Impact X | Chief Executive Officer)
Chris Leeds (StanChart | Head, Carbon Markets Development)

Transition Finance

Develop a conducive ecosystem to mobilise and scale transition finance towards Asia’s net zero objective, and to position Singapore as the regional hub for transition finance

Helge Muenkel (DBS | Chief Sustainability Officer)
Kelvin Tan (HSBC | Managing Director, Head of Sustainability and Government Affairs, ASEAN)
Mervyn Tang (Schroders | Head of Sustainability, APAC)

Blended Finance

Advance and implement initiatives to establish Singapore’s thought leadership as a global hub for blended finance

Amanpreet Singh (MUFG | Managing Director, Sustainable Finance APAC)
Nicholas Gandolfo (MUFG | Director, Sustainable Finance APAC)
Kamran Khan (Deutsche Bank | Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa)
Kalpana Seethepalli (Deutsche Bank | Director of ESG, Asia Pacific)

Natural Capital & Biodiversity

Establish Singapore as a centre of excellence to support nature and biodiversity positive outcomes, financing and investing

Eric Lim (UOB | Chief Sustainability Officer)
Eric Nietsch (Manulife | Head of ESG, Asia)
Valerie Lau, CFA (UBS | Lead APAC Sustainability and Impact)

Taxonomy

Enhance usability and enable adoption of the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Sylvia Chen (Amundi | Head of ESG Research, Asia)
Yoon Mee Jeong (OCBC | Head of Sustainability Office, Global Wholesale Banking)
Shilpa Gulrajani (DBS | Head of Sustainable Finance, Institutional Banking Group)

2024 Year in Review

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