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Sustainability Impact Awards is about recognising and inspiring leaders
THE Social Kitchen, a vegan restaurant that employs disadvantaged individuals, has seen an improvement in business over the last year.

The triple bottom line: People, planet and profit
IT WAS late 1994, and Esther An was meeting the late Kwek Leng Joo – then managing director of City Developments Limited...

Green design is GuocoLand CEO’s passion
AS CHIEF executive of GuocoLand, Cheng Hsing Yao still rolls up his sleeves for the dirty work. The trained architect personally vets...

Hobby to harvest: BlueAcres’ journey in sustainable farming
THE farm was supposed to be a hobby as they transitioned into retirement, but IT professionals Kee Boon Hian and Ng Boon...

Saving the seas by spearheading solid sustainability
THE first evening Thomas Peacock-Nazil and his wife Pamela Correia spent on the island of Koh Lipe in Thailand, they enjoyed a...

Going green is more than a trend
STEP into a Parkroyal Collection hotel and you are greeted by greenery. The brand was created in January 2020 specifically to champion...

Fast lane to green highway: car dealer supports switch to sustainable transport
IN THE automotive business, few pivots are as dramatic as the one pulled off by Hong Seh Group.

Enabling the electrification of transport on land and sea
SUSTAINABLE tech provider Yinson GreenTech (YGT) is doubling down on the “electrification megatrend” in mobility on land and sea, its chief executive...

Rubber trader navigates global uncertainties with sustainable ambitions
TRADERS of natural rubber are under pressure as competition piles on, so Namazie International is diversifying and improving its green credentials to...

Construction sector can decarbonise more easily if stakeholders collaborate
OVER 150 subcontractors and suppliers were involved in the Singapore Institute of Technology’s (SIT) Campus Court, which is set to open this...