Thai PM embraces ESG as sustainability tops Apec summit agenda


BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha (pic) put a global spotlight on sustainability and called for greater public and private cooperation to battle "unprecedented environmental challenges,” as leaders of some of the world’s biggest economies gather for a summit in Bangkok this week.

Sustainability tops the agenda at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, at the end of which leaders and representatives of 21 economies are expected to endorse the Bangkok Goals on the Bio-Circular-Green Economy proposed by Thailand, Prayut said.

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