Carbon credits: catalyzing green finance

As the fight against climate change intensifies, carbon markets are playing an increasingly fundamental role in helping companies — and the world — achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions.

The trading of carbon credits can help influence business decisions and actions to decarbonize. This enables corporates to meet ambitious climate goals, thereby, accelerating the transition to a lower-carbon future.

This publication, the third of a series between Bank of Singapore and EY, discusses how carbon markets can help in the global effort to address climate change through the lens of Business Owners, Investors and Philanthropists.

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Carbon credits in businesses

  • How carbon offsets can provide a viable alternative to meeting emissions reduction targets
  • Importance of assessing a carbon credit’s quality
  • Carbon tax and its implications on businesses

Carbon credits offer investment opportunities

  • Different types of investments e.g., direct investment, carbon funds and trading of voluntary carbon credits
  • Opportunities and risks that matters when investing
  • How you can integrate carbon credit markets into your investment approach

The role of philanthropy in accelerating decarbonisation:

  • Targeted giving in carbon credit-generating projects
  • Examples of climate-related philanthropy efforts across the globe
  • Case study of a donor-advised fund in Singapore

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