Singapore MAS Launches ESG Impact Hub to Enhance Collaboration in ESG, FinTech & Stakeholder, Anchor Industry Programs Point Carbon Zero & KPMG ESG Business Foundry
7th October 2022 | Singapore
Singapore central bank Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the ESG Impact Hub to enhance collaboration in ESG (Environment, Social, Governance), FinTech & industry & economy stakeholders, and anchoring industry leading programs at the ESG Impact Hub (Point Carbon Zero & KPMG ESG Business Foundry). Located in Singapore (Afro-Asia, The Great Room), 15 ESG FinTechs & organisations have setup at the Hub, with the launch officiated by Ravi Menon (Managing Director of MAS). See below for more info and the 15 ESG FinTechs & organisations including CDP, Climate Impact X, Grow Asia, The Nature Conservancy, World Wide Generation, KPMG, MUFG Bank & Circulate Capital.
“ Singapore MAS Launches ESG Impact Hub to Enhance Collaboration in ESG, FinTech & Stakeholder, Anchor Industry Programs Point Carbon Zero & KPMG ESG Business Foundry “
Singapore ESG Impact Hub
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today launched the ESG Impact Hub (the Hub) to spur co-location and collaboration between Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) FinTech start-ups and solution providers, financial institutions and real economy stakeholders. The establishment of the Hub seeks to capitalise on the strong industry interest in Project GreenprintProject Greenprint is a collection of initiatives that aims to harness technology and data to enable a more transparent, trusted and efficient ESG ecosystem to enable green and sustainable finance. Please refer to MAS’ media release on Project Greenprint. and expedite the growth of Singapore’s ESG ecosystem on three fronts:
- Growing ESG FinTechs: The Hub will facilitate the discovery, scaling and deployment of technology solutions to address ESG needs of corporates and financial institutions, notably in terms of accurate measurement, reporting and verification of climate and sustainability data.
- Anchoring ESG Enablers: MAS will engage knowledge partners, financial institutions and investors to organise key ESG initiatives out of the Hub, such as ESG FinTech accelerator programmes, training and capacity-building workshops, and thought leadership events.
- Supporting ESG Stakeholders: MAS will engage the Hub community to deploy its programmes and solutions to drive material, quantifiable impacts that support sectoral transition efforts, with particular emphasis on the eight focus sectors identified by the Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT).
At the time of launch, 15 ESG FinTechs and organisations are already set up at the Hubfor a full list of Hub members as of end September 2022. . MAS will continue to engage key stakeholders in building the Hub’s onsite community, and fostering partnerships to enhance financial sector access to high quality climate and sustainability data, to support more efficient deployment of capital towards green and sustainable projects.
ESG Impact Hub members as of 4 October 2022
- Acre Resources, a specialist firm in the sustainability & ESG recruitment and talent development
- CDP, an international not-for-profit organisation operating one of the world’s leading databases for environmental sustainability disclosures
- Climate Impact X, a global marketplace and exchange for quality environmental credits.
- Circulate Capital, an emerging market investment management firm that finances innovations, companies, and infrastructure that scale solutions to the plastic waste and climate change crises
- Eachmile Technologies, a mobile technology and data company empowering traceability along the food supply chain
- Equilibrium AI, a provider of ESG management and reporting intelligence software
- GDST, the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability, is an international, business-to- business platform established in 2017 to create the first-ever global industry standards for seafood traceability
- Grow Asia, a not-for-profit organisation focusing on lifting productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability standards of agriculture smallholder farms across Southeast Asia
- KPMG, a global organisation of independent professional services firms providing audit, tax and advisory services
- MUFG Bank, Japan’s premier bank, with a global network spanning around 50 markets.
- STACS, a provider of blockchain-based ESG FinTech solutions and the operator of the Greenprint ESG Registry
- Stonehaven, a global strategy, policy and advocacy consultancy
- Terrascope, a climate-tech venture enabling companies to manage and reduce their carbon emissions through its smart carbon management platform
- The Nature Conservancy, a global environmental nonprofit organization
- World Wide Generation (WWG) is a sustainability assurance fintech company and operator of SGX’s ESGenome solution.
Dr Darian McBain, Chief Sustainability Officer, MAS, said, “The establishment of the ESG Impact Hub is a critical milestone in Project Greenprint’s journey to build a vibrant and robust ESG ecosystem in Singapore, underpinned by technology and data. This physical Hub will augment MAS’ plans to launch a digital Greenprint Marketplace next year to catalyse the growth of the region’s online ESG community; and will serve as the launchpad for public-private partnerships that support Asia’s just and sustainable transition to a low carbon economy.”
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