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Chief Sustainability Officers

ESG

DBS appoints energy and renewables head Kelvin Wong as new CSO

ESG teams that provide specific and essential reporting data are now being merged with other functions, such as finance and audit or risk and compliance.
Opinion & Features

The reinvention of the chief sustainability officer

Abigail Ng, currently head of the markets policy and consumer department, will be taking over as CSO.
Singapore

MAS appoints new chief sustainability officer from Oct 6

Beh Siew Kim, chief financial and sustainability officer for lodging at CapitaLand Investment, believes every individual can be a part of the sustainability journey.
Sustainability Impact Awards
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From business imperative to bigger purpose: Beh Siew Kim on sustainability in hospitality

As CDL’s first chief sustainability officer, Esther An quickly championed an ethos that still guides the company’s business practices today: “conserving as we construct”.
ESG
THE PROPERTY GIANT WAS LEADING GREEN EFFORTS LONG BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE WAS ON NATIONAL AGENDAS

‘Without a healthy planet, no people or business will thrive’: CDL’s chief sustainability officer

The journey in cutting emissions “will not be linear”, says CLI’s chief sustainability officer, Vinamra Srivastava.
ESG

CapitaLand Investment’s 2023 emissions have risen, but energy efficiency improving: CSO

In his role as OCBC's first chief sustainability officer, Mike Ng prefers a balance of idealism and pragmatism.
Sustainable Finance

From coal financing to green lending: OCBC’s chief sustainability officer Mike Ng on the just transition

From 2025, listed companies in Singapore will have to report their carbon footprint, including emissions from parties along their supply chain.
SGSME

Singapore SMEs see little need for climate disclosure help, as few big clients ask for such reports

“There are no pathways, but pathfinders, because the entire trajectory, all the way down to the solution level is still unclear,” says Lim Tuang Liang in his first media interview since being appointed government chief sustainability officer.
ESG

Singapore navigating uncertain pathways to net zero: government sustainability chief

In the absence of sustainability-related expertise, companies are hiring candidates with strong operational or strategic backgrounds – reflecting the challenges of finding ideal candidates for a multi-faceted role.
ESG

Green guru or strategic savant: Singapore companies make tough choices in CSO hires

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