Global Finance recognises the 2025 World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance. The award this year went to DBS.

DBS aims to green Asia’s economy by acting as an environmental-transition catalyst for anchor companies, mid-caps, and SMEs. The bank provides transition-related financing for these organizations at the corporate, project, and asset levels. Among its offerings are green, sustainability-linked, and social loans and bonds, along with carbon-market financing and other products.

Standout transactions in 2024 included a loan to LG Energy to construct a plant in Poland that manufactures batteries used in electric vehicles. A HK$3 billion (about $385.7 million) loan to the Hong Kong Housing Society will help create affordable residential projects. A S$300 million (about $224.2 million) bond will help Singaporean developer CapitaLand develop projects in alignment with green finance frameworks.

In addition, the bank develops analytical tools to track and analyze climate data and engages with industries—notably in the power, automotive, steel, shipping, and real estate sectors—and policymakers to chart paths to a healthier environment. 

URL:www.dbs.com