Temasek team up with Bain & Company to unveil regional strategies for sustainable economic expansion, projecting $120B new economic value and 900,000 new jobs by 2030.
SINGAPORE – At the opening of Ecosperity Week 2025, a collaborative report titled Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2025: Unlocking Systems for Growth and Impact was launched, aiming to steer the region towards a sustainable and economically beneficial future. The report, produced by Bain & Company and co-presented by Temasek, GenZero, Google, and Standard Chartered, outlines strategic initiatives to accelerate Southeast Asia’s decarbonisation efforts.
Franziska Zimmermann, Managing Director for Sustainability at Temasek, emphasized the importance of collective action: “While there are significant challenges to decarbonising Southeast Asia, our report uncovers critical growth opportunities for public and private sector players. Achieving meaningful systems change will require close collaboration across all stakeholders.”
The report identifies three primary avenues for sustainable growth: scaling the sustainable bioeconomy, modernizing domestic and regional power grids, and accelerating the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem. These initiatives are projected to generate approximately $120 billion in new economic value and create up to 900,000 jobs by 2030.
In addition to these focal areas, the report highlights the necessity of enabling solutions such as expanding access to climate and transition finance, scaling carbon markets, and harnessing green artificial intelligence (AI). It also introduces a new perspective on the potential for collaboration between Southeast Asia and the broader Asia-Pacific region to amplify the impact of the green economy.
The launch event at Ecosperity Week 2025, held at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore, brought together leaders from various sectors to discuss and promote sustainable development strategies.
Source: Temasek
