Sustainable Finance in Asia: Next Steps for Climate Innovation

The Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) and the Stanford Center at the Incheon Global Campus (SCIGC) organized the inaugural Asia Sustainable Finance Forum in Seoul, Korea, in March. The Forum was co-hosted with our collaborators in Korea, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), with sponsorship from the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Korea Development Bank Group (KDB). The Forum sought to convene experts and practitioners in technology, finance, and policy innovation working toward the net-zero transition in Asia.

This was then followed by the Stanford-Asia Sustainability Forum Research Roundtable. This invitation-only discussion focused on ascertaining the challenges of the net-zero transition. It provided a platform for creating collaborations amongst global and domestic institutions, including industry practitioners, investment institutions, academic scholars, and policymakers.

We are pleased to announce that SFI and SCIGC have recently published the ‘Sustainable Finance in Asia: Next Steps for Climate Innovation’ Report, a compilation of the proceedings at both the events mentioned above. The Report is available in hard copy and soft copy, the link to which can be found below.