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.

lindsaywong@sph.com.sg

@LindsWongBT

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...

Clarence Ching, founder and executive director of Access Singapore, says: “We wanted to launch this because there needs to be a strong study-to-work transition."

TAKING HEART

Access Singapore aims to give polytechnic graduate salaries a boost with new scheme

Apprentices will learn soft and technical skills to prepare them for the workforce

Alfie Othman, CEO of raiSE, says: “This structure allows social enterprises to access capital at a lower cost while giving partners confidence that funding is deployed strategically."

TAKING HEART

Umbrella body for social enterprises to work with partners to raise S$10 million for the sector

The Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise will provide the initial sum and lean on blended finance for the rest

StanChart has volunteered with this Community Chest event since its inception in

TAKING HEART

StanChart Singapore rallies largest contingent of 1,200 volunteers for festive season

They get together to pack festive bags for beneficiaries ahead of Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa

An artificial intelligence AI sign at the Cloudflare house pavilion ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday, Jan 18, 2026. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from Jan. 19-23. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

When skills beat degrees in an AI economy

Hiring in Singapore has long revolved around paper qualifications despite efforts to make them less relevant. While nearly 80 per cent of the country’s job postings...