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Industries in Transition explores the latest perspectives as businesses and sectors across Asia, Africa and the Middle East transition towards more sustainable business practices. Discover the latest trends, from energy security to carbon markets, as organisations decarbonise and invest in long-term value creation.

  • What will accelerate SAF scale-up?

    Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is key to decarbonising aviation but fac…

  • India’s energy transition: what corporates say

    What Indian corporates say about net zero, capital constraints and the r…

  • How clean energy is transforming the power industry

    A global perspective on how solar, wind, nuclear and hydrogen are drivin…

  • How can the power industry accelerate its transition?

    Charting the power sector’s different transition pathways – and how we s…

  • Driving partnerships and sustainable finance in Vietnam

    The partnership between Standard Chartered and Goertek demonstrates how …

  • Presenting a united front to advance carbon markets

    Panelists at the ASEAN Green Shift Forum share how ASEAN has the potenti…

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    Industries in Transition podcast episode 7 oil and gas

    Episode 7

    Oil and gas: transitioning under pressure

    Can the oil and gas industry balance short-term returns and the need to maintain energy security with long-term sustainability targets? Tune in as Standard Chartered’s Ben Daly, Galid Lahdahda and Raza Piracha discuss how low-carbon technologies, investments and capital allocation strategies are shaping the sector’s transition towards a lower-carbon future.

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    Episode 6: Critical minerals
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    Episode 6

    Critical minerals: the geopolitics of the clean energy transition

    Critical minerals are essential to the clean energy transition – but many are scarce, and their extraction and processing is concentrated in a small number of countries. In this episode of Industries in Transition, Standard Chartered experts Richard Horrocks-Taylor, Ling Lu and Catriona Bell explain why critical minerals can find themselves at the centre of geopolitics and discuss the realities of rebalancing supply chains in the quest to move to a more sustainable future.

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    Episode 5: Power and utilities
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    Episode 5

    Power and utilities: clean energy trajectories amid a rapidly changing global trade environment

    As the demand for energy continues to grow, the power and utilities sector is transforming and the experience of renewable energy projects around the world is varied. In this episode of Industries in Transition, Standard Chartered’s Isabelle Chastagner, Leah Li Zhang and Abbas Husain discuss how innovation, policy shifts and investment in low-carbon technologies are driving progress.

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    Episode 4: Aviation
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    Episode 4

    Aviation: flight paths towards decarbonisation

    The aviation industry is undergoing a complex journey towards decarbonisation. In this episode of Industries in Transition, Standard Chartered experts Jonathan Howard, Ben Daly and CC Heng explore how the scaling of sustainable aviation fuel and innovative financing solutions are playing a crucial role in helping the sector move towards a cleaner future.

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    Episode 3: Automotive
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    Episode 3

    Automotive: the electric revolution journey

    Why is the automotive industry in the East and the West on different electrification trajectories? Standard Chartered’s Sino Jiang, Rohit Kumar and Lionel Vaxelaire explain how investments in electric vehicles, its supply chain and geopolitics are shaping the future of the global automotive sector.

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    Episode 2: Shipping
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    Episode 2

    Shipping: Riding the clean tech wave

    Can the shipping industry keep global trade flowing while reducing its carbon footprint? Tune in to this episode of Industries in Transition as Abhishek Pandey and CC Heng examine how regulations, financing frameworks and innovation are helping steer maritime transport towards a lower-carbon future.

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    Episode 1: Clean technologies

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    Episode 1

    Clean technologies – how can they facilitate decarbonisation?

    How can we support decarbonisation across hard to abate sectors? In this episode of Industries in Transition, Ben Daly and Arnaud Bouille unpack the role of transition finance in driving innovation and investment in clean technologies to support the transition.

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    Developed by Bain & Company, GenZero, Google, Standard Chartered, and Temasek, The SEA Green Economy report 2025 identifies how systems-level solutions, key enabling solutions, and collaboration with APAC markets could unlock emission reductions and deliver new economic value and jobs for the region by 2030. 

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    Episode 4: GenZero

    Developing interoperable carbon markets

    What are the barriers to scaling carbon markets and developing interoperable carbon markets across Southeast Asia? Hear from Justin Ma, Executive Director of Sustainable Finance for ASEAN and Anshari Rahman, Director of Policy and Analytics at GenZero as they discuss strategies to develop the policies and infrastructure that are necessary to scale carbon markets in the region.

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    Episode 3: Bain
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    Episode 3: Bain

    Next-generation power grid

    Imagine a region where power flows seamlessly across borders and clean energy fuels growth and productivity. Justin Ma, Executive Director of Sustainable Finance for ASEAN and Dale Hardcastle of Bain share how a next-generation grid ecosystem could enhance renewable energy integration, strengthen energy security and affordability in Southeast Asia.

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    Episode 2: Google
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    Episode 2: Google

    Leveraging AI for sustainable development

    How can AI be effectively utilised to balance future energy requirements and climate outcomes? Hear from Justin Ma, Executive Director of Sustainable Finance for ASEAN and Spencer Low, Head of Regional Sustainability APAC of Google, on the benefits of AI in supporting sustainable growth.

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    Episode 1: Temasek
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    Episode 1: Temasek

    Bioeconomy and climate financing

    Unlocking the potential of Southeast Asia’s bioeconomy alone could deliver up to USD40billion GDP and 340,000 jobs in 2030. Hear from Justin Ma, Executive Director of Sustainable Finance for ASEAN and Franziska Zimmermann, Managing Director of Sustainability at Temasek on the growth opportunities and how nature-based solutions and sustainable financing could drive economic and environmental benefits.

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    Episode 3

    Technologies to reduce carbon today

    Experts from Cur8 and Puro earth unpack the carbon removal solutions making an impact.

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    Client stories

  • AUD 513.5 mn sustainability-linked loan for Metrics Credit P…

    Supporting Metrics Credit Partners with a financing facility that has in…

  • Case study: USD280 mn green loan for AI-ready data centre

    The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (M…

  • What Chint did in improving renewable energy in Portugal

    How we supported Chint with EUR420m financing, securing 5.5GW new solar …

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    Mobilising capital to support the transition

    We develop solutions that meet diverse financing needs for our clients and across our markets, mobilising capital to finance new technologies and low-carbon infrastructure projects that facilitate and scale growth.

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    • Standard Chartered has an important role to play in supporting our clients, sectors and markets to deliver net zero, but to do so in a manner that supports livelihoods and promotes sustainable economic growth. We currently provide financial services to clients, sectors and markets that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions however we’re committed to net zero in our own operations by 2025 and in our financed emissions by 2050.

    Learn more about our approach to sustainability.