environmental

Vietnam ESG Initiative 2024: seizing green transformation opportunities

March 11, 2024 | 15:50

The Agency for Enterprise Development under the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the USAID co-host the 2024 Vietnam ESG Initiative.

Sustainable banks the way ahead for success

January 03, 2024 | 10:37

Vietnam’s financial sector is increasingly embracing sustainability practices, although challenges like the need for a comprehensive legal framework, skilled personnel, and enhanced data management remain areas for improvement.

Green-led incentives desired by businesses

August 28, 2023 | 15:25

The government is set to enact a series of legal and incentive policies on green growth, offering help for the business community.

Compromising ESG efforts must be averted in Ho Chi Minh City

August 28, 2023 | 15:00

Ho Chi Minh City finds itself at a defining crossroads. As the heart of Vietnam’s bustling southern region, the city faces the challenge of navigating its path, aligning industrial expansion with sustainability commitments.

Consideration of ESG tools build up steam

August 28, 2023 | 09:00

Companies large and small are building partnerships as well as working with relevant authorities to implement environmental, social, and governance considerations into their business operations.

Regional collaborations can improve prospects for ESG

August 23, 2023 | 10:27

Environmental, social, and governance criteria are not merely a hot trend, but a development goal of many enterprises. Benjamin Soh, founder and managing director of STACS, discussed the considerations with VIR’s Minh Dat.

Crafting fresh sustainable initiatives

January 12, 2023 | 16:52

The Vietnamese government has made pledges to support and encourage companies to apply environmental, social, and governance criteria as an instrument for appraisal, which are clearly reflected in several legal documents.

Why integrate ESG plans into business?

December 30, 2022 | 16:17

Environmental, social, and governance criteria apply to governments, companies, and individuals at all levels, but here we focus on companies.

ESG key to sustainable development: conference

November 29, 2022 | 18:39

On November 29, the “ESG - The Key to Sustainable Development” conference, organised by Vietnam Investment Review (VIR), saw the attendance of about 100 guests.

Printing a brand new chapter of environmental stewardship in Vietnam

November 28, 2022 | 08:00

Embedding environmental action into business operations can be financially rewarding, as one company demonstrates by inking its first sustainability-linked trade finance credit facility.

ESG promises must be backed up by genuine progress

November 03, 2022 | 15:23

The importance of environmental, social, and governance criteria (ESG) factors to businesses has been extensively acknowledged. Andrew Chan, Sustainability Strategy & Transformation leader at PwC Asia-Pacific’s Sustainability Centre of Excellence, explained to VIR’s Celine Luu how to address ESG concerns across a broad spectrum of industries.

ESG investing and the threat of corporate greenwashing

October 17, 2022 | 11:25

The term environmental, social and governance is now known far and wide. Dr. Seng Kiong Kok, interim senior programme manager for innovation and enterprise at RMIT University Vietnam, demystifies this major trends in investing, speaking with VIR’s Minh Ngoc.