UOB's ESG - RHB Invest 2024-03-22: Forging Ahead To A Net-zero Future

• Post-updates to our ESG scoresheet for the banking sector (refer to the thematic note Banks: In Pursuit Of Net Zero), we keep UOB’s ESG score at 3.2. As such, we continue to ascribe a 2% ESG premium to UOB’s intrinsic value to derive UOB's target price.
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UOB's ESG – The positives.

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• Apart from that, UOB has committed to exit financing for the thermal coal sector by 2039, and to cease new financing for upstream oil and gas projects approved for development after 2022. It targets to achieve a sustainable finance portfolio of S$30bn by 2025. As at 2022, the portfolio stood at S$25bn.
• Finally, UOB has channelled S$10bn in assets under management to ESG-focused investments.

Areas for improvement?

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Above is an excerpt from a report by RHB Securities Research.
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Read also RHB's most recent report:
2025-04-02 United Overseas Bank - Humming Along Nicely; Keep BUY.

Previous report by RHB:
2025-02-20 UOB - Boosting Capital Returns To Shareholders; BUY.

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