{"id":1760,"date":"2023-02-28T14:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T07:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2023-03-07T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T07:08:31","slug":"sustainable-investment-in-asean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/sustainable-investment-in-asean\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Investment in ASEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1760\" class=\"elementor elementor-1760\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21e0a23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21e0a23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59e4e6d\" data-id=\"59e4e6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0cd5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d0cd5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic derailed the global economy in 2020-2021. This crisis also affected The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN\u2019s) prolonged efforts towards economic growth. ASEAN leaders adopted the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF) in 2020 as part of a streamlined and coordinated strategy to tackle the crisis. Sustainability is a fundamental theme across the ACRF\u2019s aims, activities and programmes. The ACRF recognises that well-managed and well-implemented long-term sustainable investments will likely strengthen economic and social resilience to future shocks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASEAN has several structural advantages that provide expansion opportunities and value investors. As the region\u2019s recovery efforts from the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic gain traction, financial institutions looking for distinctive opportunities can add alpha to their strategies by leveraging ASEAN\u2019s diversified markets.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6cbe1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6cbe1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-251508c\" data-id=\"251508c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499d438 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"499d438\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASEAN nations are pushing for sustainability. Given that ASEAN cities are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the European Union plans to contribute EUR 5.1 million to the Smart Green ASEAN Cities program over 2021-2025. This emphasis on sustainability is expected to provide significant opportunities in several industries, including decarbonization, decentralized and grid-based renewable energy for industries, energy transition, clean transportation and green buildings. Figure 1 shows a 2X increase in renewable energy capacity across ASEAN.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24a52c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24a52c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6207640\" data-id=\"6207640\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad7d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ad7d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021115.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1745\" alt=\"renewable investment\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021115.png 600w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021115-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021115-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90da6e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90da6e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4b7a41\" data-id=\"e4b7a41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1e27d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e1e27d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: DDQ Invest<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da9f111 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da9f111\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57f6c16\" data-id=\"57f6c16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae90ec6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae90ec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing and Sustainability Development Goals (SDG)-related strategies are gaining traction in ASEAN. ASEAN-5 (Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia) has seen a positive trend in ESG investment. However, the other member states need to put in more effort to catch up with ASEAN-5 (see figure 2).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f264c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f264c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13586d7\" data-id=\"13586d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f048b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f048b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021132.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1746\" alt=\"ESG Investment\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021132.png 951w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021132-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021132-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021132-18x8.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd91907 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd91907\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e60e32\" data-id=\"5e60e32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb7aed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eb7aed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Figure 3 depicts the share of ESG enterprises by industry. ESG companies are mostly found in the food, beverages and tobacco; industrial machinery and transportation industries.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b01c47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b01c47\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df50713\" data-id=\"df50713\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a3d8da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a3d8da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021204.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1747\" alt=\"ESG investment by industry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021204.png 978w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021204-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021204-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230221_021204-18x8.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9eafe3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9eafe3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc7b21c\" data-id=\"fc7b21c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d28dcc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d28dcc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESG investments boost the profitability of businesses by lowering costs and increasing revenue. ESG businesses have a greater average net profit margin than non-ESG businesses. According to ASEAN-Japan Centre, the average profit margin of ESG businesses is 11.41% (vs non-ESG businesses\u2019 9.61%). This lower profitability is due to higher risk, which causes income to fluctuate over time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunung Capital\u2019s distinct investing approach helps businesses build value by focusing on hands-on operational performance, disciplined and efficient capital management, and end-to-end integrated solutions that prioritize ESG and SDG activities.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic derailed the global economy in 2020-2021. This crisis also affected The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN\u2019s) prolonged efforts towards economic growth. ASEAN leaders adopted the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF) in 2020 as part of a streamlined and coordinated strategy to tackle the crisis. Sustainability is a fundamental theme across [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunungcapital.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}