IN line with the growing importance of sustainable finance, the Asian Sustainability-Linked Bond Standards (SLBS) were launched at the recently concluded 37th Asean Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), in which I participated as the head of delegation for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This follows the launch of the Asean Green Bond Standards, the region's first sustainable finance initiative, in November 2017, and the Asean Social Bond Standards and Sustainability Bond Standards in October 2018, creating an array of sustainable bond standards for the region.
The ACMF, consists of member states from all 10 Asean jurisdictions, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, whose primary task is to promote greater integration and connectivity of regional capital markets. Currently, the SEC co-chairs the Working Group on Sustainable Finance with the Securities Commission Malaysia.
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