Sustainability agenda 'no longer a box-checking exercise'

Many companies, investors are seeing importance of sustainability, say financial execs at conference

Kelly Ng

Published Wed, Mar 16, 2022 · 05:50 AM

GIC

Singpoare

RISING geopolitical tensions and inflationary pressures present trade-offs for sustainability, but a commitment to responsible investments is all the more important in such times, top financial executives said on Tuesday (Mar 15).

Every organisation today should have in place a sustainability agenda and there is a business case for seeing that beyond a box-checking exercise, they said at an inaugural conference by Nanyang Business School, which centred on corporate sustainability.