Conversations about environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and the area of sustainability have steadily integrated themselves into corporate boardrooms across Asia. A recent MSCI 2021 Global Institutional Investor survey revealed that around 79% of investors in the Asia-Pacific region increased ESG investments ‘significantly’ or ‘moderately’ in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, 57% of investors in the region anticipated to have ‘completely’ or ‘to a large extent’ incorporated ESG questions into their investment analysis and decision-making procedures by the end of 2021. Government authorities and business leaders from the continent have set out to increase awareness and respond to pressing calls from national actors