S'pore in top 10 of Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index

Singapore

SINGAPORE ranks 10th globally in the inaugural Sustainable Cities Index from Arcadis, a global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm, faring lower than other Asia-Pacific cities such as Hong Kong and Seoul.

The Sustainable Cities Index was put together by the Centre for Economics and Business Research and explores social (People), environmental (Planet) and economic (Profit) metrics to develop an indicative ranking of 50 of the world's leading cities from 31 countries.

"It highlights the area of opportunity for city leaders to develop strategies for future decision-making to hopefully make them more sustainable economically, environmentally and for the welfare of their inhabitants," said Arcadis Asia-Pacific head of client solutions, Graham …