Industrial Transformation in ASEAN: A Cluster-Driven Model for Regional and Global Collaboration
The white paper Industrial Transformation in ASEAN: A Cluster-Driven Model for Regional and Global Collaboration examines South-East Asia’s rapid industrial growth while navigating rising energy demand and the energy transition. ASEAN is home to over 670 million people and is the world’s fifth-largest economy. As its economies expand, dependence on fossil fuels, fragmented policies and high financing costs risk undermining energy security, competitiveness and resilience.
The white paper Industrial Transformation in ASEAN: A Cluster-Driven Model for Regional and Global Collaboration examines South-East Asia’s rapid industrial growth while navigating rising energy demand and the energy transition. ASEAN is home to over 670 million people and is the world’s fifth-largest economy. As its economies expand, dependence on fossil fuels, fragmented policies and high financing costs risk undermining energy security, competitiveness and resilience.
This paper addresses the widening gap between regional ambition and practical delivery. Industrial clusters can act as a central mechanism to translate strategy into action, setting out clear recommendations to align policies and markets, strengthen collaborative ecosystems and mobilize large-scale finance. Through a practical cluster playbook and real-world case studies, it outlines the partnerships, policy coherence, technology deployment and innovative financing that can accelerate low-carbon industrial transformation.
Together, with these approaches, ASEAN can effectively bridge the gap between vision and execution and build a competitive, low-carbon, resilient industrial future.