US-ASEAN Business Council Highlights Private Sector Role in Advancing Blended Finance for Sustainable Mineral Investment at AMVEST 2025 

2 October, Vientiane – The US-ASEAN Business Council’s Regional Managing Director, Amb. Ted Osius, and Senior Manager, Christine Wan, spoke on the role of private sector participation in blended finance at the ASEAN Minerals Investment Forum (AMVest) 2025 and a High-Level Dialogue on Investment Opportunities, Challenges, and Creating Bankable Projects. The events were held in conjunction with the 10th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin).

During the session, the Council emphasized the importance of strengthening public-private collaboration and enhancing the bankability of blended finance projects to unlock investments that support energy security and the energy transition across Southeast Asia.

“Recognizing that there is underinvestment in the important critical minerals sector, the World Bank and Asian Development bank are stepping up their support for development in the ASEAN region,” said Ambassador Osius. He added, “I’m happy to see the ASEAN member states and the Secretariat working together to eliminate bottlenecks and share best practices in mining. This is an area of growing interest to the U.S. private sector.”

Amb. Osius also participated in a High-Level Dialogue with ASEAN Member States on Investment Opportunities and Constraints, organized and moderated by Robert Schlotter from the World Bank.

For more information on AMMin, please refer here.