Key Organisations

  • Association of Banks in
    Singapore (ABS): Sustainable
    Banking Guidelines

  • Investment Management
    Association of Singapore
    (IMAS): ESG Investment
    Guidelines

  • Singapore Sustainable
    Finance Association: Resource Center

  • Institute of Banking and
    Finance (IBF): Sustainable
    Finance Skills Framework

Key Initiatives

  • Financing Asia’s Transition
    Partnership (FAST-P)

  • Climate Impact X (CIX) Carbon Marketplace

  • Green and Sustainability-
    Linked Loan Grant Scheme (SLGS)

  • Sustainable Bond Grant
    Scheme (SBGS)

Financial Institutions

Financial institutions play a pivotal role in integrating ESG into finance, shaping sustainable investment strategies, and driving responsible corporate behavior. By embedding ESG principles into financial decision-making, they influence how capital is allocated, ensuring businesses align with ethical and sustainability goals.

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Financing Asia's Transition Partnership

Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership (FAST-P) is a blended finance initiative in collaboration with key public, private and philanthropic sector partners including multilateral development banks, sovereign partners, philanthropic organisations and financial institutions. It aims to mobilise up to US$5 billion to de-risk and finance transition and marginally bankable green projects to support Asia’s decarbonisation, narrow the financing gap through the mainstreaming of blended finance and reinforce economic growth and climate resilience in Asia.

Under FAST-P, MAS has partnerships which target impactful areas of green and transition investments in Asia. This includes the Energy Transition Acceleration Finance (ETAF), which aims to invest in transition projects such as the managed phase-out of coal, renewable energy replacement, and grid development projects, and the Green Investments Partnership (GIP) which invests in marginally bankable sustainable projects in the renewable energy, electric mobility, water and waste, and circular economy sectors.

Climate Impact X Carbon Marketplace

Climate Impact X (CIX) is a Singapore-based global carbon marketplace and exchange designed to support high-integrity carbon credit trading. CIX provides a digital market where buyers can discover, compare, and purchase verified carbon credits from global projects.

Green and Sustainability-Linked Loan Grant Scheme

Launched by MAS, the Green and Sustainability-Linked Loan Scheme (SLGS) seeks to support corporates of all sizes to obtain green and sustainable financing by defraying the expenses of engaging independent service providers to validate the green and sustainability credentials of the loan. The grant also encourages banks to develop green and sustainability-linked loan frameworks to make such financing more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

For more information, refer to this brochure and infographic on the Green and Sustainability-Linked Loan Scheme.

Sustainable Bond Grant Scheme

MAS’ Sustainable Bond Grant Scheme (SBGS) offsets up to S$125,000 for eligible green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition bonds. Both the SLGS and SBGS have been extended through 31 December 2028, with MAS committing a total of S$15 million to enhance and extend the sustainable bond and loan grant schemes to support transition instruments.