LAST October 28, the Asean Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) International Conference, which was jointly organized by the ACMF, the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), and Asian Development Bank, was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The ACMF, a high-level grouping of capital market regulators from all 10 Asean jurisdictions, has played very active roles in promoting sustainable finance in the region. Through the issuance of the Asean Green, Social and Sustainability Bond Standards, the prioritization of sustainable finance as evidenced by the ACMF Roadmap for Asean Sustainable Capital Markets and the ACMF Action Plan 2021-2025, and the release of the Asean Taxonomy Version 1 in November 2021, the ACMF has shown Asean's commitment to support the Paris Agreement and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).