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Vivien Ang

Vivien Ang

CHIEF SUB-EDITOR

Vivien is BT’s chief sub-editor. Besides editing, she covers CSR-related stories. Vivien is a journalism and mass comm graduate from Monash University.

emailvivang@sph.com.sg
For SMEs, practical sustainability would encompass reducing electricity use, cutting waste and improving processes, among other things.

Sustainability for SMEs – not a complex cost, but the path to business resilience

Eu Yan Sang group chairman Richard Eu has been with the company since 1989 and has seen plenty of change over the years, such as how employees view their jobs.
BEHIND THE NAME

Richard Eu on how core values, customers keep Singapore’s TCM chain Eu Yan Sang relevant

About 300 staff volunteers from MBS participating in the Food Kit Build event.
TAKING HEART

MBS, Food Bank Singapore and Metta Welfare Association bring festive cheer to 6,000 beneficiaries

Hong Leong Foundation Governors Kwek Eik Sheng (2nd from left) and Kingston Kwek (right), together with a staff volunteer, sharing a joyful moment with Chan Ah Soon from Kheng Chiu Loke Tin Kee Home. At 100 years old, Mdm Chan is the oldest beneficiary at the event.
TAKING HEART

Hong Leong Foundation rings in Chinese New Year with seniors at M Hotel

SPD’s Ability Walk; the charity hopes that this year's Budget will have sustained support for social service agencies’ capabilities, which include cybersecurity and digital transformation.
TAKING HEART

Aid in navigation of digital space, continued monetary support in non-profits’ Budget wish list

Representatives of AVPN and Tri-Sector Associates with the first cohort of the AVPN ImpactCollab Outcomes Marketplace.

AVPN launches social outcomes exchange that connects funders to verifiable impacts – first of its kind in Asia

Farmers using biochar for their farms. The project sources cotton stalks from smallholder farms in Maharashtra, India, for use as feedstock for biochar production.

Indian startup Varaha inks deal with Microsoft to remove 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide

Clara Kwan, chief sustainability officer of Singapore Manufacturing Federation, says: “It is not ‘sexy’ to be labelled as working in the manufacturing industry. So these are ways we can make the industry more attractive."

Fear of the unknown preventing firms from embarking on sustainability journey: SMF

The interior of Geneco's roving art gallery.
TAKING HEART

When art makes the rounds: Geneco, Yellow Ribbon create a roving gallery

Minister Masagos Zulkifli at the Social Service Summit 2025. Even as charities recognise the need to grow their income, it does not mean they must function like businesses and be profit-driven.

Charities need to make money, too

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