Climate change has often been cited as the cause of abnormal...

Climate change has often been cited as the cause of abnormal and extreme weather patterns that has gripped the media headlines in recent years.

Many governments and regulators around the world have also begun to recognise the risks that climate change presents to human lives and its resulting impact on the economy, and have implemented measures to track, monitor and control the various factors that continue to impact the climate, including one of the major contributors - carbon emissions.

Amidst the burgeoning crisis, and the regulations put in place for additional disclosures on the part of companies, investors' awareness of the importance of sustainable investing has also increased, and they have also come to recognise the opportunities that come along with the megatrend of the shift towards a lower carbon economy. Increasingly, more capital is being allocated to align investment portfolios with a low-carbon and climate-resilient future.

With the listing of the Lion-OCBC Securities Singapore Low Carbon ETF on 28 April 2022, investors will now be able to participate in the decarbonisation journey of the top 50 Singapore companies with lower carbon footprints.