Learn about the untapped potential for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a vehicle for social and environmental responsibility.
 
SOEs account for a large contribution to industrial output (for e.g. 25-30% in China) and high employment (e.g. 1.5 million people in Viet Nam) across the Asia-Pacific region. SOEs often continue to utilize polluting and out-of-date production processes, and urgently need reforms in their management, production processes, and product quality to remain sustainable. The key development challenge, therefore, is how to bridge the technological, governance, and bankability structures in SOEs for them to leverage green equity and debt from capital markets. For this, SOEs need corporate governance reforms coupled with access to finance and incentives to “green” their production infrastructure.