Thailand
2025
September 30, 2025
Shangri La Bangkok
On the back of another year marked by record-breaking heatwaves, heavy rainfall and widespread flooding, Thailand is committed to achieving a net zero economy by 2065 to address these pressing challenges while securing sustainable economic growth.
While the Asean nation has made significant steps forward, from pledges to source half of all domestic energy needs from renewables under the Power Development Plan, to the release of a sustainable finance taxonomy and a draft Climate Change Act, obstacles remain.
The mismatch between climate adaptation needs and finance pose major risks to the domestic economy, with Thailand facing economic losses of up to US$553 billion by 2050 due to climate-related impacts. Rural and agriculture-dependent communities are especially at risk due to their direct exposure to climate-driven droughts and crop damages.
Ensuring sustainable finance flows into climate adaptation is thus vital.
Meanwhile, restrictive policies are hindering companies, especially smaller scale corporates, in their decarbonisation efforts. Companies, irrespective of size, are challenged to decarbonise their entire value chain, including supply chain emissions. Thai businesses will further need to navigate emerging risks arising from biodiversity loss and water stress which will directly impact society and business operations.
Can Thai companies access the finance and technologies necessary to decarbonise their full value chain emissions? How can these same companies turn nature-related risks into a competitive advantage? And can key stakeholders – from governments to businesses and local communities – co-create climate resilience strategies which deliver the scale and impact needed?
Join us for Unlocking capital for sustainability Thailand as key leaders gather to determine the solutions to advance the country’s transition to a resilient, low carbon and sustainable economy.
13:30
Opening plenary – From finance to supply chains: leveraging corporate networks for net zero
Decarbonising corporate supply chains has emerged as a strategic imperative to advance Thailand’s net zero ambitions. Key industries, such as manufacturing, agribusiness and logistics, are under growing pressure to reduce emissions by accelerating the adoption of clean energy, green fuels and digital traceability across the value chain.
Thailand’s evolving regulatory landscape, including the May 2025 taxonomy covering 97 per cent of GHG-emitting activities, are driving broad supply chain innovation across manufacturing, electric vehicles and agribusiness. Innovative financing, public-private partnerships and novel technologies will be key to accelerating these efforts – but fragmented supply chains, cost constraints and low stakeholder buy-in hinder scalability.
What untapped opportunities exist in supply chain networks to accelerate decarbonisation while overcoming these challenges? How can companies turn supply chain sustainability into a competitive advantage? And can public-private partnerships accelerate systemic change for net-zero targets while mobilising the capital needed for scalable net-zero transitions?
Join key decision-makers as they tackle these questions and more, determining solutions to decarbonising corporate supply chains.
15:00
Plenary 2 – Futureproofing business: navigating the growing materiality of nature risks
Thailand’s rapid biodiversity loss is not only threatening vital ecosystems – it is threatening economic growth and business continuity as well. Thai businesses are increasingly integrating nature risks into corporate strategy to manage these risks and improve long-term resiliency.
Strong public-private collaboration, guided by Thailand’s National Biodiversity Action Plan 2023–2027 and expanding ESG disclosure frameworks, is essential to mobilise finance, technology and policy innovation in this space. By embedding nature-positive practices into business practices, financial institutions and corporates can gain huge competitive advantage by leveraging emerging green and biodiversity financing instruments.
How can companies leverage these opportunities to turn nature-related risks into a competitive advantage? And how do we unlock new and impactful stakeholder collaborations – from governments to finance and industry – to navigate this growing materiality?
Join key stakeholders as they tackle these questions and more, determining solutions to integrate nature as central business tenet.
16:00
Closing plenary – Building resilience: holistic approaches to climate adaptation
Rising temperatures – a 0.8°C increase per century since the 1950s – coupled with pervasive floods and droughts, are threatening agriculture, coastal zones and vulnerable communities in Thailand.
Inclusive and holistic strategies to bolster national resiliency against these threats to safeguard people, vital ecosystems and local economies are urgently needed. Thailand is taken meaningful steps towards this.
The revised Climate Change Master Plan (2023–2027) prioritises gender-responsive and socially equitable adaptation measures. Public-private partnerships are accelerating initiatives such as enhanced early warning systems, nature-based solutions and sustainable water management.
The challenge is building adaptive systems that not only mitigates the threat of climate change and guard vital ecosystems but protects the local livelihoods and economies dependent on these ecosystems as well.
Can governments, businesses and local communities co-create climate resilience strategies for scale and impact? How do ensure long-term financial flows into impactful adaptation projects? And can regional collaboration turn vulnerability into resilience?
Join key decision-makers as they tackle these questions and more, determining solutions to bolster climate resiliency in Thailand and the region.
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