Regional collaborations can improve prospects for ESG

Regional collaborations can improve prospects for ESG

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

Crafting fresh sustainable initiatives

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?

Why integrate ESG plans into business?

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

ESG key to sustainable development: conference

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

ESG promises must be backed up by genuine progress

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.
SCG Chemicals and Long Son Petrochemicals join Vung Tau to plant trees

SCG Chemicals and Long Son Petrochemicals join Vung Tau to plant trees

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

Becoming a more responsible and green-based enterprise

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

Power of collaboration driving the ESG agenda

Since 2020, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have been gaining momentum among investors and businesses all over the world.
Mobilising a post-pandemic evolution of ESG in Vietnam

Mobilising a post-pandemic evolution of ESG in Vietnam

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.
Getting to grips with ESG management

Getting to grips with ESG management

Amid rapidly rising global expectations for business to adopt responsible, transparent, and effective sustainable business practices, many companies are struggling to work out what it means to them, what they need to change, and why.
Home Credit Vietnam CEO: Our ESG policy is an evolution rather than a revolution

Home Credit Vietnam CEO: Our ESG policy is an evolution rather than a revolution

“Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is not new to us at all. It is something we have been working on forever. It us part of our DNA since we started doing business,” said Annica Witschard, CEO of Home Credit Vietnam on the releasing of its inaugural ESG Report.
Denise Sandquist, one of the youngest female CEOs of a technology startup in Vietnam

Denise Sandquist, one of the youngest female CEOs of a technology startup in Vietnam

Fika co-founder and CEO Denise Sandquist shared with VIR the company's core values and ambitions in Vietnam.
Focusing on compliance of social-led governance criteria

Focusing on compliance of social-led governance criteria

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria are internationally seen as the foundation of long-term sustainable growth. Robust ESG initiatives could thus help companies access a larger pool of high-quality capital, especially from value
Bankers are the leaders in ESG criteria implementation

Bankers are the leaders in ESG criteria implementation

Implementing and meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria is not easy in the Vietnamese market.
Social trading - Not every investor needs to be a trader

Social trading - Not every investor needs to be a trader

With the advent of social trading, investing without putting in the hours of research and getting down the fundamentals no longer sounds like a recipe for disaster.
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