Publications

Weina Zhang | Michael Alexander | Feimo Zhang | Fanny Xueqi Or | Jefferson | Jiaxin Zhang

This whitepaper aims to support the efforts towards scaling and commercialising the biofuels in a more financially and environmentally sustainable manner, equipping stakeholders in the biofuel industry with the knowledge on key gaps and opportunities within biofuels’ business models, financing, and policy landscapes.

Flavia Badarinza | Johannine Enerio | Devansh Joshi | Johan Sulaeman | Sumit Agarwal

This whitepaper presents a country-agnostic algorithm for estimating household and individual carbon footprints based on personal consumption baskets.

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Asda Pandiangan | Saranraj Rajindran | Zhang Feimo | Johan Sulaeman

This whitepaper outlines SGFIN’s Sustainability Evaluation Framework (SEF) that integrates corporate operations and value chain, strategic planning, and external validation through independent audits and adherence to global reporting standards.

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Flavia Badarinza | Johannine Enerio | Devansh Joshi | Johan Sulaeman | Sumit Agarwal

This whitepaper aims to provide an assessment of Singapore’s household consumption carbon footprint using the country-agnostic algorithm described in the SGFIN Whitepaper “Consumption Carbon Footprint: Country Level Data Framework”. It seeks to highlight carbon impacts across income groups and consumption categories while identifying pathways for footprint reduction and opportunities for carbon labelling and value-chain decarbonization.

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Saranraj Rajindran | Tifanny Hendratama | Johan Sulaeman

This whitepaper aims to highlight the inconsistencies in underlying sustainability data that informs sustainability ratings, quantify the data gaps in Southeast Asia, and provide insights to enhance the usefulness of sustainability data for commercial, financial and research purposes.

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Desmond Tay | Michael Alexander | Syalabi Seet | Johan Sulaeman

This whitepaper aims to propose a robust methodology and a set of principles and requirements to evaluate carbon credit verification frameworks. Using the methodology, we examine dominant frameworks in the global carbon market and evaluate their ability to support high quality carbon credits.

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Jefferson | Weina Zhang | Aaron Mueller | Chunyu Yang

This whitepaper introduces SGFIN’s integrated impact valuation framework for green buildings: a comprehensive approach built on the harmonized impact indicators of 13 existing building certification standards and impact measurement frameworks. Our proposed framework integrates Economic, Environmental, Social, and Governance (EESG) impacts into a unified monetary assessment model, providing a better understanding of the impact values created by green buildings.

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Yannis Yuan | Johannine Enerio | Weina Zhang

This whitepaper aims to present a web-based carbon calculation toolkit tailored to Singapore’s MICE sector, detailing its methodology and local data enhancements to help organizers estimate and assess the carbon footprint of their events.

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Tifanny Hendratama | David C. Broadstock | Johan Sulaeman

This whitepaper aims to clarify the fundamentals, sources, and limitations of ESG data, offering a practical introduction to help investors and researchers better understand its use, variability, and implications for responsible investing.

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Vigilia Ang Sher Wen | Desmond Tay Zhi Yuan | Weina Zhang

This whitepaper aims to evaluate the impact of energy-transition projects in Asia using appropriate financial proxies to establish an assessed value that allows projects to be compared across sectors and industries.

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