Tengku Zafrul: More emphasis on sustainability in Budget 2023

Minister of Finance Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz at the edotco launches Inaugural Sustainability Blueprint to DriveSustainable and Equitable Connectivity Across Malaysia and Asia. Looking on is edotco Group CEO Mohamed Adlan Ahmad Tajuddin, MCMC Interim Chairman Tan Sri Mohamad Salem Fateh Din and Axiata Chairman Tan Sri Shahril Ridha Ridzuan. - MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Budget 2023, due to be tabled on Oct 7, will place more emphasis on sustainability compared with the previous two budgets, says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

“Just as we fully integrate sustainability aspects in Budget 2021 and 2022, we will do the same and in fact, give a much higher priority to sustainability in the upcoming Budget 2023,” he said during the Accelerating Climate Action and Justice ministerial panel at the Cooler Earth Sustainability Summit 2022 here yesterday.