KUALA LUMPUR: Southeast Asia’s green economy has scaled to US$290 billion (US$1 = RM3.96) this year, but a realisation gap exceeding 35 per cent has opened between announced and deployed green capital expenditure (Capex) across the region’s power and electric vehicles (EV) value chains, according to a recent report by Bain & Company and Standard Chartered.
The report, "Southeast Asia’s Green Economy Report 2026: The New Calculus”, stated that capital deployment is no longer guided by climate ambition alone, with energy security, economic growth, and delivery now weighing equally in the calculus that determines investment flows.
