Sustainability will remain a key trend for fundraising in Thailand, prompting companies to increasingly integrate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations into their strategies, says international law firm Baker McKenzie.
Benja: Investors follow ESG policies
“Investors these days take into account the ESG policies that companies adopt,” Benja Supannakul, a partner in Baker McKenzie’s financial services practice group, told the company’s recent conference in Bangkok.
As a result, she advised listed companies to start thinking about how they could improve their operational systems to attract investors and achieve sustainable growth.
“Sooner or later, companies will have to come up with a stance and branding on ESG, as future government policies will encourage and reward these practices, while penalising firms forgoing ESG through…
