Esther An

This roundtable furthers Elevandi’s focus on overcoming the limiting factors preventing scaling of practices serving the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2023 Point Zero Forum considered the needs for interoperability, access and verification to track and finance net zero ambitions, which deepened into an examination of Project Savannah, a global initiative by UNDP, MAS, and GLEIF, at the Singapore Fintech Festival. The Japan Fintech Festival continued this in considering the value of a global common for climate data.

Operating under the theme of Elevating ESG, this roundtable brings together the right stakeholders to 1) share progress, insights and challenges; 2) specify the root cause of poor data quality hindering reporting efforts; and 3) shape a proposal for trusted, scalable market arrangements to mobilise granular, machine-issued data for ESG indicators and financial market innovations. Attaining granularity in data collection and consistency in reporting can drastically reduce the cost of assuring the integrity of disclosed ESG indicators, increasing information usability for strategic decision-making, financial products and data market while reducing the impeding reputation risk that arises from opaque reporting.

Attendees who wish to familiarise themselves with the topic may refer to the reference materials below.
- How to build trust in ESG data and disclosures
- Reference Materials for "Laying foundations for scalable markets in trusted and granular data for green reporting"