SMEs are the major pillar of employment and GDP for many Asian countries. Through our SMExESG framework, we aim to deepen and accelerate adoption of a tailor-made ESG framework which suits the needs of SMEs. The strategic positioning of the 2 founding members allow us to engage the project with a wide coverage of SMEs as our study sample. We hope that our SMExESG initiative can take the lead in forming a useful ESG framework for SMEs in Asia, specially to support the SMEs in following ESG guidelines for their benefit.