Lindsay Wong

SUB-EDITOR

Lindsay is a digital sub-editor at The Business Times and occasionally writes CSR stories. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts and double major in history and Asian studies.

Companies must work to make a difference in the society, and this begins with having a corporate purpose.  
COMPANY OF GOOD

What is corporate purpose?

FROM dealing with rising costs of living to longer-term issues such as climate change, the range of needs in society is constantly...

The UOB Foundation will be operational from the second half of 2026.
TAKING HEART

UOB establishes foundation to scale CSR initiatives for education, children, arts

It will be operational from the second half of 2026

The top selling artist for photocards in 2025 is fourth-generation group Stray Kids.

South-east Asia emerges as ‘engine of growth’ for K-pop resale merch: Bunjang report

The South Korean online marketplace – which operates similarly to Carousell – has 3.6 million active users globally a month

SMU Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Kenneth Goh says the moonshot approach will "invest in conditions for lasting change".
TAKING HEART

SMU’s new philanthropy framework aims to support high-potential initiatives with longer time horizon

The ‘moonshot approach’ targets initiatives that have more uncertain outcomes but tackle root causes of social issues

Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Low Yen Ling outlines the three tiers of support that the fund will offer: Seed (S$5,000), Sprout (S$50,000) and Scale (S$1 million).
TAKING HEART

S$50 million SG Partnerships Fund helps ground-ups strengthen impact; complements CSR efforts

Increased support for such initiatives means there are more opportunities for collaboration with non-profits

Feasts, performances and giving back are some of the ways the local banks celebrated this Chinese New Year.

Local banks mark Year of the Fire Horse with festive celebrations

From supporting a local urban farm to raising S$1.9 million for charity, here’s how DBS, OCBC and UOB rang in Chinese New...

Raymond Gabriel, co-founder and executive director of PSC, says: "We build the capabilities of the people that we empower through entrepreneurship training, financial literacy training and mentoring, to raise their incomes… and get them out of poverty.”
TAKING HEART

People Systems Consultancy partners firms like Maybank to tackle poverty, help marginalised communities upskill

The social enterprise’s programmes focus on entrepreneurship

Anurax Lian (first from left), general manager of SimSys, says: "“SimSys – being at the forefront of technology – has always believed in technology for public good.”
COMPANY OF GOOD

From planting trees to spotlighting scams: Simple Solution Systems gives back in more ways than one

It also participates in initiatives promoting sustainability

Two Metta School alumni (in red) are joined by professional golfer Minjee Lee (in black) to learn how to make kueh from MBS chef Kuok I Hoi (centre, in white).
TAKING HEART

Professional golfer Minjee Lee turns pastry chef at MBS

The event with Metta School allows individuals with intellectual disabilities to build confidence

Jason Loh, founder and CEO of Piece Future, says: "The whole platform empowers (startups) with their first IP, and then they can use it as a seed or foundation to grow and build their company.”
TAKING HEART

Singapore-based Piece Future helps startups leverage unused patents

It matches startups to companies and universities that have unused IP, so that the technologies are not sitting idle