Pandemic nudging sustainability into the spotlight
Singapore
THE pandemic has sharpened the focus on sustainability amid shifting expectations and a growing realisation in the corporate sector that it can no longer be business as usual.
In an interview with The Business Times, Ipshita Chaturvedi, partner at Dentons Rodyk, said: "Perhaps the main reason people have started thinking about sustainability during the pandemic is the realisation of how fragile and vulnerable our current systems are when faced with a formidable adversary."
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