According to its latest report - between 2014 to 2019, financial institutions from Asia, North America, and Europe provided approximately US$556 billion in loans and underwriting services to some of the largest companies active in high risk sectors such as energy and power generation and infrastructure.

So why are these sectors considered high risk? And what are the steps that should be taken going forward to, as they say, “build back better”?

Rachel Kelly spoke to Bernadette Victorio, Regional Program Lead, Fair Finance Asia, Oxfam and Jessica Cheam, Managing Director of Eco-Business to find out.

According to its latest report - between 2014 to 2019, financial institutions from Asia, North America, and Europe provided approximately US$556 billion in loans and underwriting services to some of the largest companies active in high risk sectors such as energy and power generation and infrastructure.
So why are these sectors considered high risk? And what are the steps that should be taken going forward to, as they say, &ldquo;build back better&rdquo;?
Rachel Kelly spoke to Bernadette Victorio, Regional Program Lead, Fair Finance Asia, Oxfam and Jessica Cheam, Managing Director of Eco-Business to find out.

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Eco Money: Are banks funding environmental harm?

On #Wanderlust, Prime Time's Timothy Go shares what you need to note before travelling overseas during this period as flying can be tricky with Covid-19 travel restrictions.

On #Wanderlust, Prime Time's Timothy Go shares what you need to note before travelling overseas during this period as flying can be tricky with Covid-19 travel restrictions.

#Wanderlust Inconvenient Travel

Digital health declaration documents systems are country-specific and often restrictive, as the standards can vary greatly from one another.

On #Wanderlust, Prime Time's Timothy Go looks at how this can be streamlined into an efficient, integrated way to verify that citizens are safe for travel.

Digital health declaration documents systems are country-specific and often restrictive, as the standards can vary greatly from one another.
On #Wanderlust, Prime Time's Timothy Go looks at how this can be streamlined into an efficient, integrated way to verify that citizens are safe for travel.

#Wanderlust Digital Travel

To young adults, retirement can seem so far away, but a recent AIA Singapore survey found that 54 percent of Singaporeans will be "14 years short" when it comes to the adequacy of their retirement savings. So what is the first step when starting your retirement plan? 
In this episode of Back to Basics, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Patsy Khoo, Associate Director of IPP Financial Advisers who shares more on how to build your nest egg. 

To young adults, retirement can seem so far away, but a recent AIA Singapore survey found that 54 percent of Singaporeans will be "14 years short" when it comes to the adequacy of their retirement savings. So what is the first step when starting your retirement plan? In this episode of Back to Basics, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Patsy Khoo, Associate Director of IPP Financial Advisers who shares more on how to build your nest egg.&nbsp;

Eco Money: Are banks funding environmental harm?

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