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.
From waste to wealth: circular economic prospects
October 06, 2022 | 09:00
As environmental concerns rise and resources deplete, businesses and individuals need to shift towards a new model of consumption which can support the economy and help the planet: the circular economy.
SCG Chemicals and Long Son Petrochemicals join Vung Tau to plant trees
August 10, 2022 | 12:33
SCG Chemicals and Long Son Petrochemicals joined Vung Tau People’s Committee to plant 400 trees in the area of Nui Lon in the city.
Becoming a more responsible and green-based enterprise
August 01, 2022 | 15:55
Over recent years, there has been an increasing focus on responsible business and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compliance among stakeholders in the global market.
Power of collaboration driving the ESG agenda
July 20, 2022 | 18:18
Since 2020, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have been gaining momentum among investors and businesses all over the world.
USAID signs MoU with KOICA on climate change and environmental protection
June 08, 2022 | 17:16
USAID and KOICA signed their first MoU to reduce pollution, mitigate climate change in the Mekong Delta, and accelerate the transition to clean energy.
Mobilising a post-pandemic evolution of ESG in Vietnam
June 04, 2022 | 15:59
The acronym ESG - or environmental, social and governance - has been around for a while but has only recently become the business community’s go-to buzzword. Many companies worldwide are now touting their ESG credentials and Vietnamese companies are no different.
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