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SEC, together with ADB and PDMO, jointly organizes an educational seminar on sustainable finance promoting for the public and private sectors



Tuesday 8 August 2023 | No. 141 / 2023


Bangkok, 8 August 2023 – The SEC, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO), co-hosted a seminar on “Catalyzing Green and Sustainable Finance through Capital Market and Other Innovative Solutions”, in which Thai and international experts in sustainable finance fields exchanged views and experience, at the Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel today.

With the opening keynote speech given by Mr. Thawatchai Pittayasophon, SEC Deputy Secretary-General, Acting Secretary-General, the seminar is aimed to provide the public and private sectors, state enterprises, financial institutions and capital market stakeholders, with the knowledge on the offering for sale of sustainability-themed debt instruments and case studies of the offering practices in Thailand as well as a forum for exchanging views and perspectives on the risk-reduction financing structures for this purpose.

As a panelist on the seminar topic “Enabling Factors: Introducing Innovative Financial Structures, Ecosystem, and Incentives to Ensure Successful Issuance”, Ms. Jomkwan Kongsakul, SEC Deputy Secretary-General, shared the views on the capital market’s crucial roles in social and environmental problems solving. Besides, in the endeavor to foster sustainable growth of the economy, the SEC has laid down a roadmap for a conducive ecosystem development covering six key areas, namely, (1) issuers, (2) investors, (3) taxonomy and external reviewers, (4) information platform, (5) cooperation, and (6) sustainability-themed products.

The SEC has continuously promoted sustainability-themed bonds to become an important instrument for sustainable financing in Thailand. In this front, the SEC was given ADB support through a technical assistance on sustainability finance mobilization and development of sustainability frameworks for bond issuance. Moreover, the ADB has given financial support to cover expenses of external reviewers, who play an important role in the development of sustainable finance ecosystem, for those sustainability-themed bond issuers.

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No. 141 / 2023 Tuesday 8 August 2023
SEC, together with ADB and PDMO, jointly organizes an educational seminar on sustainable finance promoting for the public and private sectors

Bangkok, 8 August 2023 – The SEC, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO), co-hosted a seminar on “Catalyzing Green and Sustainable Finance through Capital Market and Other Innovative Solutions”, in which Thai and international experts in sustainable finance fields exchanged views and experience, at the Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel today.

With the opening keynote speech given by Mr. Thawatchai Pittayasophon, SEC Deputy Secretary-General, Acting Secretary-General, the seminar is aimed to provide the public and private sectors, state enterprises, financial institutions and capital market stakeholders, with the knowledge on the offering for sale of sustainability-themed debt instruments and case studies of the offering practices in Thailand as well as a forum for exchanging views and perspectives on the risk-reduction financing structures for this purpose.

As a panelist on the seminar topic “Enabling Factors: Introducing Innovative Financial Structures, Ecosystem, and Incentives to Ensure Successful Issuance”, Ms. Jomkwan Kongsakul, SEC Deputy Secretary-General, shared the views on the capital market’s crucial roles in social and environmental problems solving. Besides, in the endeavor to foster sustainable growth of the economy, the SEC has laid down a roadmap for a conducive ecosystem development covering six key areas, namely, (1) issuers, (2) investors, (3) taxonomy and external reviewers, (4) information platform, (5) cooperation, and (6) sustainability-themed products.

The SEC has continuously promoted sustainability-themed bonds to become an important instrument for sustainable financing in Thailand. In this front, the SEC was given ADB support through a technical assistance on sustainability finance mobilization and development of sustainability frameworks for bond issuance. Moreover, the ADB has given financial support to cover expenses of external reviewers, who play an important role in the development of sustainable finance ecosystem, for those sustainability-themed bond issuers.

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