ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has officially opened STT Bangkok 1, the first carrier-neutral hyperscale data centre in Bangkok, Thailand. STT Bangkok 1 is the first of two buildings in the STT Bangkok Data Centre Campus, located in the business district of Hua Mak. The seven-storey bu...

Insurer Great Eastern has launched Singapore’s first green life insurance product on July 19. The product, called GREAT Green SP, is a short-term three-year non-participating single premium endowment plan, which invests into assets to fund projects with “positive environmental benefits”. The p...

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) announced the official launch of STT Loyang, its largest facility in Singapore to date, on July 6. STT Loyang has an IT load capacity of up to 40MW. The hyperscale facility also meets the highest sustainability benchmark of BCA-IMDA Green Mark Platinum. The...

SEVEN in 10 corporations in Asia-Pacific are willing to pay higher rents to lease sustainability-certified buildings in the future, according to JLL's new report released on Monday.

SEVEN in 10 corporations in Asia-Pacific are willing to pay higher rents to lease sustainability-certified buildings in the future, according to JLL's new report released on Monday.

The hubbub around fund flows into environmental, social and governance-related causes has cast the spotlight on the built environment sector, which contributes 39% of carbon emissions globally. As a global infrastructure and urban consultant powerhouse, Surbana Jurong has the opportunity to truly ma...

OCBC Wing Hang Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCBC Bank in China, has provided a green loan of RMB500 million ($103.4 million) to Shanghai Kai Tong Wen An Development, a subsidiary of property developer K. Wah International Holdings. The first tranche was disbursed on May 24. This is the first g...

On a typically hot and humid afternoon in Singapore, a fresh breeze blows beneath the canopy of the South Beach development, keeping temperatures several degrees cooler than on the surrounding streets. The rippling 280-meter (919 feet) wave of steel-and-aluminum runs the length of the Norman Foster-...

Ascendas India Trust has, on April 13, obtained a five-year $100 million unsecured sustainability-linked loan facility from UOB, a first for the Trust. The Trust says it intends to use the proceeds from the loan for general corporate and working capital requirements. This includes the refinancing of...

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has priced Singapore’s first sustainability bond offering from Singapore, raising US$1.5 billion ($2.01 billion) under its $15 billion Global Medium Term Note (GMTN) Programme. The US dollar-denominated issuance is the first dual tranche senior (senior notes) and Tier 2 ...