Climate change has often been touted as the greatest challenge of our time. Yet, countries are still severely off-track in their progress towards sustainability goals. Countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, better known as OECD, are also falling short on their progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development…

International Women’s Day and ESG have long been synonymous with promoting the values of inclusion and diversity, recognising that diverse perspectives and experiences drive innovation and are good for businesses. Research shows that companies with more women on their boards outperform companies without by a significant margin. Over the years…

The Perils of Fast Fashion The fashion industry has a terrible reputation for being one of the world’s most polluting industries. Second, only to oil and gas, the global fashion and textile industry accounts for around 10% of the world’s carbon dioxide output. …

Leading on from COP27 and as we kick off 2023 in the ESG finance space, it’s apparent that nations are staying committed to their long-term green ambitions despite some short-term headwinds, with Asia set to play a pivotal role in making or breaking our planet’s race towards net zero. Both…

“The climate transition will be won or lost in Asia,” said Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Co-Chair, GFANZ, at this year’s COP27. It was an honour to be invited to speak at COP27 in Egypt this year on ESG finance, with our founder…

From significant breakthroughs in our progress within the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Greenprint, to the launch of ESGpedia across live use cases in multiple sectors, to ecosystem partnerships across Asia, 2022 was a year that solidified our commitment to bringing forward the future of Sustainable Finance, and our…

The future of sustainability for e-commerce is here. Companies can now empower consumers to offset their carbon footprint with Restorify by Razer & STACS. It is no secret that the gaming industry is in dire need of enacting immediate carbon footprint reduction. In a 2019 UN report, gaming and electronic…

The Hospitality Industry and the Environment Nature and the hospitality sector are invariably linked; but how will the environmental, social, governance(ESG) and hospitality go hand in hand? Hotels and resorts rely heavily on the beauty of the natural environment to attract patrons and drive demand. Yet, the hospitality sector has also developed a reputation for being…

Red Dot Analytics (‘RDA’) Pte Ltd and leading Singapore-headquartered environmental, social, and governance (‘ESG’) FinTech firm Hashstacs Pte Ltd (‘STACS’) have entered a strategic partnership to provide a holistic platform to transform Singapore’s data centre industry and shape a sustainable digital future. The partnership will be jointly powered by RDA’s platform and STACS’ ESGpedia, which powers the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (‘MAS’) Greenprint ESG Registry.