UCFS Singapore 2023 | Eco-Business | 27 September 2023 | ParkRoyal Collection Marina Bay, 6 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039594, Singapore

Amid inflationary pressures, recession fears, rising interest rates and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the global macroeconomic outlook is marked with uncertainty and high volatility. In developing Asia, this complicates the net zero transition — estimated by the Asian Investor Group on Climate Change to require US$37 trillion in investments over the next three decades to meet the Paris Agreement targets.
Ensuring that this transition is an equitable one has become a strategic priority on the international agenda, yet how this can be achieved in practical terms remains elusive. With many developing economies emerging from the global pandemic with constrained budgets and high capital costs, public coffers are critically insufficient to fund the energy transition. Governments are also grappling with priorities of poverty alleviation, supporting jobs and livelihoods, and energy security. Mobilising blended capital on a large scale from public, private and philanthropic sources will be key to addressing the financing gap required for this equitable transition.
What are some of the key mechanisms that will unlock capital for Asia’s just transition? What frameworks are needed to make transition finance an effective tool for hard-to-abate sectors? Will we see a revival of carbon markets and how can we mobilise philanthropic capital? Unlocking capital for sustainability 2023 will convene leaders and decision-makers across the government, financial institutions and civic society to explore the latest developments and pathways forward to enable an equitable transition.

2023 Speakers

Augustine Anthuvan
Moderator-at-Large, Eco-Business

Naina Subberwal Batra
Chief Executive Officer, AVPN

Bey Soo Khiang
Vice Chairman, RGE

Kate Brandt
Chief Sustainability Officer, Google

Jessica Cheam
Founder and Managing Director, Eco-Business; Independent Director, Wilmar International and ComfortDelGro Group, MSID, ICDM

Sarah Cragg
Head of Asia Pacific, The Earthshot Prize

Maria Luwalhati C. Dorotan Tiuseco, Esq.
Undersecretary, Philippines Department of Finance

Warren Evans
Climate Envoy, Office of the President, Asian Development Bank

Leticia Guimarães
Lead, Carbon Markets; Climate Hub, United Nations Development Programme

Ambassador Jonathan Kaplan
Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Singapore

Sarah Kemmitt
Lead Secretariat, Net-Zero Banking Alliance

Ben King
Country Managing Director, Google Singapore

Professor Tommy Koh
Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

Desmond Kuek
CEO, Temasek Trust

Heng Dean Law
Managing Director, Pollination

Alvin Lee
Regional Head, APAC, Puro.earth

Eric Lim
Chief Sustainability Officer, UOB

Jay Mariyappan
Head, Carbon & Renewables, PetroChina International (Singapore)

Richard Mattison
Vice Chair, S&P Global Sustainable1 and Chief Executive Officer, S&P Global Trucost

Zia Nariman
Senior Investment Officer and Asia Pacific Climate Lead, International Finance Cooperation

Mike Ng
Chief Sustainability Officer, OCBC Bank

Iman Rachman
President Director, Indonesia Stock Exchange

Marija Ralic
Google.org Lead, Google APAC

Meaghan See
Director of Partnerships, Eco-Business

Youraden Seng
Director of Banking Supervision Department II, National Bank of Cambodia, Sustainable Finance Working Group

Shruti Singh
Director, Climate Strategies, APAC, South Pole

Atty Federico Tancongco
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Compliance and Legal Department, BDO Unibank

Michael Tang
Head, Listing Policy & Product Admission, Singapore Exchange Regulation

Liesel Van Ast
Deputy Head, UNEP FI

Junice Yeo
Executive Director, Head of ESG Intelligence, Eco-Business

Yvonne Zhang
Sustainability & Climate Change Leader, Risk Advisory, Deloitte

2023 Partners

PARTNER:
• UN Environment Finance Initiative

STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY PARTNER:
• Google

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• BDO Unibank
• RGE
• UOB

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• OCBC Bank
• Pollination
• SM Investments Corporation

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS:
• A4S
• ABD Seads
• AVPN
• CDP
• CAPS
• Centre for Sustainable and Private Wealth
• CSFI
• CPI
• Danish Embassy
• EU Asean Business Council
• IFC
• Singapore Chamber of Commerce Indonesia
• Singapore Green Finance Centre
• Singapore Institute of International Affairs
• UNDP
• World Climate Foundation