Ecosperity Impact Report Highlights Singapore’s Growing Influence in Asia’s Sustainable Finance and Transition Economy

SINGAPORE, May 19, 2026 – A new Ecosperity Impact Report has positioned Singapore’s Ecosperity platform as an increasingly influential business and sustainable finance ecosystem helping shape Asia’s transition economy through cross-sector collaboration, climate financing and regional market alignment.

Commissioned by Temasek and prepared by Eco-Business, the report argues that Asia’s transition challenge is no longer about whether decarbonisation will happen, but whether governments, businesses and investors can accelerate implementation at sufficient scale and speed.

The report notes that Asia is expected to drive 90 per cent of global energy demand growth by 2050 and will require a substantial share of global transition capital as economies across the region pursue industrial growth, digitalisation and decarbonisation simultaneously.

At the same time, businesses and investors are navigating increasing geopolitical fragmentation, policy uncertainty and pressure to balance energy security, economic competitiveness and sustainability commitments.

Within this environment, the report positions Ecosperity as an important strategic platform helping align policy, capital and implementation pathways across Asia’s transition economy.

Sustainable Finance and Climate Investment Become Strategic Business Priorities

The report identifies sustainable finance as one of Ecosperity’s most significant areas of influence, particularly as Asia seeks to mobilise larger volumes of private and institutional capital into transition projects.

According to the report, the biggest challenge facing sustainable finance in Asia is not simply a lack of available capital, but the difficulty of creating projects that are commercially bankable, scalable and attractive to institutional investors.

This has elevated the importance of blended finance, transition finance and public-private collaboration structures across the region.

The Financing Asia’s Transition (FAST) Conference, now a core component of Ecosperity Week, convened more than 1,000 delegates from 640 organisations in 2025, reflecting growing institutional interest in Asia’s transition financing landscape.

The report highlights several major financing initiatives linked to Ecosperity-related engagement, including FAST-P, the blended finance platform launched by the Monetary Authority of Singapore at COP28.

FAST-P aims to mobilise up to US$5 billion for green and transition financing in Asia through concessional and commercial capital structures.

The report also points to the growth of strategic partnerships and investment vehicles emerging through the Ecosperity ecosystem, including BlackRock and Temasek’s Decarbonization Partners fund, which closed at US$1.4 billion in 2024 after attracting more than 30 institutional investors.

“Ecosperity delivers multi-dimensional value for BlackRock,” Deborah Ho, Chairman of BlackRock Singapore, said in the report.

“Year after year we have seen the connections made during the event spark real collaborations, adding momentum to the capital markets ecosystem supporting the low-carbon transition.”

Singapore Strengthens Position in Carbon Markets and Transition Infrastructure

The report also highlights Singapore’s growing role as a regional carbon markets and transition finance hub.

Discussions hosted through Ecosperity have increasingly focused on Article 6 cooperation, transition credits, ASEAN carbon market alignment and sustainable aviation fuel financing.

As of April 2026, Singapore had signed Article 6 implementation agreements with 11 countries, reinforcing its efforts to position itself as a regional carbon services and climate finance centre.

The report also highlights the launch of the Singapore Emissions Factors Registry and the Green Fuel Forward Initiative during Ecosperity Week 2025 as examples of how the platform increasingly functions as a venue for major sustainability-related market announcements.

The Green Fuel Forward Initiative, launched with 16 signatories, aims to strengthen demand signals and investment momentum around sustainable aviation fuel production and procurement across Asia.

The report argues that Ecosperity’s influence lies not merely in hosting conferences, but in creating sustained engagement between governments, investors, corporates, multilateral institutions and innovators over multiple years.

AI, Climate Technologies and Asia’s Transition Economy Gain Momentum

The report also identifies climate innovation and AI-enabled sustainability solutions as fast-growing themes within Asia’s transition economy.

The Ecosperity Action Hub expanded to 21 implementation-focused sessions in 2025, reflecting increasing investor and corporate interest in deployable climate technologies and commercially scalable sustainability solutions.

Technologies highlighted include AI-enabled energy systems, sustainable aviation fuel, advanced cooling systems and carbon removal technologies.

The report additionally notes growing participation from technology stakeholders and investors, suggesting that digital infrastructure and AI will increasingly intersect with Asia’s sustainability and transition economy agenda.

The Liveability Challenge, organised by Eco-Business and presented by Temasek Foundation, has also emerged as a significant climate innovation platform, attracting more than 1,200 submissions from over 100 countries across eight editions.

Ecosperity Evolves into Asia-Centric Business and Sustainability Platform

The report concludes that Ecosperity’s growing influence stems partly from its explicitly Asia-centric framing of sustainability and transition challenges.

“Ecosperity occupies a distinct place in the global sustainability calendar by being anchored in Asia and taking an explicitly Asian frame of reference,” the report states.

The platform’s business and investor orientation also differentiates it from many other sustainability forums, according to the report, particularly its ability to convene policymakers, capital providers, infrastructure operators, technology firms and industrial sectors within a single ecosystem.

Participation from investors and technology companies outside Asia nearly doubled between 2021 and 2025, reinforcing Ecosperity’s growing international relevance.

The report ultimately argues that Ecosperity’s most important contribution lies in helping create the institutional trust, market alignment and financing conditions required to accelerate Asia’s long-term transition economy.