DBS Bank closed 2025 with sustainable financing commitments of SGD 102 billion, a 14% increase on the prior year-end figure, the Singapore-headquartered lender disclosed in its Sustainability Report 2025, published on 9 March 2026. The bank also facilitated SGD 41 billion of environmental, social, and governance bond issuances as bookrunner during the year, spanning renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, green real estate and social sectors across its regional footprint.
The SGD 102 billion stock figure represents the aggregate value of financing commitments that qualify under DBS's sustainable and transition finance framework, assessed at the end of the calendar year.
INDIA AS THE FASTEST-GROWING MARKET
DBS identified India as its fastest-growing sustainable finance market in 2025 and described it as the bank's third-largest in Asia.
The ESG bond bookrunner figure of SGD 41 billion encompasses ESG bond issuances on which DBS acted as an active bookrunner during 2025, spread across multiple sectors and geographies. Renewable energy represented one of the primary use-of-proceeds categories. The issuances also supported sustainable infrastructure, green real estate and social-sector projects.
GROWTH IN COMMITMENTS
DBS's sustainable financing commitments crossed the SGD 100 billion mark in 2025, up from about SGD 89 billion a year earlier.
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