Spun off from the Singapore central bank, Gprnt offers small and medium-sized firms a free tool that automatically converts utilities data into basic climate metrics. Backed by Ant International and MUFG, the platform aims to scale in Asia.
Despite ramped-up production, regional demand for sustainable aviation fuel has lagged. A new initiative by Temasek-owned GenZero aims to rally Asia’s top industry players to close the gap through the use of a novel class of carbon credits.
The draft of its new Corporate Net-Zero Standard proposed the separation of Scope 1 and 2 reporting and expects companies to commit to using cleaner energy by 2040. It also addressed the use of carbon credits to address residual emissions.
As global sustainability reporting standards converge, board directors face new challenges and opportunities in navigating mandatory ESG disclosures, ensuring transparency, and driving long-term value for their companies.
By
Jessica Cheam
Carbon capture and storage has been hailed as a potential way to reduce emissions, but it is more likely to increase them by boosting oil and gas extraction. The cheaper and more effective solution is to move to cleaner forms of energy.
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Kevin Morrison
The climate non-profit's head Sherry Madera insists there are just 450 questions, not over 5,500 as some industry players have cited, in its new questionnaire, which has faced pushback for failing to ease disclosure burden as intended.