Turning Ambition into Action
Through Ecosperity, we aim to catalyse system-wide momentum for progress, to promote a future where ecology and prosperity go hand in hand.
The Ecosperity platform has grown and evolved since the first Ecosperity Conference in 2014. From a modest half-day event, it has blossomed into an extensive ecosystem with the support of many like-minded partners that also believe in building a better world. Our annual sustainability event Ecosperity Week brings together key decision-makers to share insights and best practices on sustainable development, with a focus on Asia.
We convened the 11th edition of Ecosperity Week in 2025. Themed “Asia’s Race towards 2030: All Systems Go”, the event drew a record turnout of over 4,000 participants in-person and online, as well as some 30 regional and global partners from the business, investment, government, and philanthropy sectors. This year’s Ecosperity Week assessed Asia’s decarbonisation pathway to 2030 and highlighted strategic areas for systems-level change.
Panel discussion at Ecosperity Week 2025 exploring low-carbon technologies and how to scale them.
We launched the sixth edition of the Southeast Asia’s Green Economy Report, titled “Unlocking Systems for Growth and Impact”, at the Ecosperity Conference. Jointly authored with Bain & Company, GenZero, Google, and Standard Chartered Bank, the report highlights how a systems-based approach to decarbonising Southeast Asia could drive significant regional economic growth while closing the emissions gap in a concerted manner over the next five years. For the first time, the report also provided a deep dive into the interconnections and opportunities for collaboration between Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region to advance decarbonisation. The report findings could help inform the agenda for future editions of the Ecosperity convenings to 2030.
Given the accelerating frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, there has also been a growing demand for climate adaptation and resilience solutions. During Ecosperity Week, we launched a report in partnership with Boston Consulting Group, detailing the urgent need, massive financing gap, and opportunities in climate adaptation and resilience investment for private equity.
The report highlights that global demand for climate adaptation and resilience solutions could reach US$0.5 trillion to US$1.3 trillion a year by 2030, offering a vast, largely untapped opportunity for private capital to invest in solutions such as flood defense, climate intelligence, and water efficiency technologies.
Launched at Ecosperity Week 2025, the sixth edition of the Southeast Asia’s Green Economy Report found that taking a systems-based approach could potentially provide a US$120 billion uplift in GDP growth, create 900,000 new jobs, and close up to 50% of the emissions gap by 2030 in six Southeast Asia countries.
In addition to the flagship Ecosperity Week, we also engage with private and public sector stakeholders through our year-round Ecosperity Conversations series. In 2024, we convened several panel discussions at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The sessions underscored the role that the private sector can play by leaning in with catalytic capital to scale up blended finance for marginally bankable climate projects, as well as innovative business models and enabling policies that can help Asia’s emerging markets to leapfrog to cheaper and cleaner alternatives.
