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NCSS rallies partners to better engage volunteers

“CORPORATE social responsibility is a form of employee engagement.”

Launched on Tuesday (Apr 4), the cafe sources its coffee beans from plantations in Yunnan, China, that are managed by PWDs. The two-person outfit also focuses on a farm-to-table concept.
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The Social Kitchen sets up shop at Bank of Singapore

HEALTHY bubble tea may seem like an oxymoron, but that is what The Social Kitchen (TSK) has on the menu at its newly launched outlet at the Bank of Singapore (BOS).

Runners taking off for the 5km Zero Waste Run in 2019. This year, participants are encouraged to wear their own orange T-shirts or past Income Eco Run race T-shirts so as to promote reusing and recycling of existing clothes.
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Running towards a zero-waste future

INCOME Insurance marked the inaugural International Day of Zero Waste on Mar 30 with the launch of the first part of its Income Eco Run (IER) event.

Research shows women need to better control money and grow their wealth, as 80 per cent of them are more likely to be impoverished by retirement than men.

CMC Markets partners Sophia Women to drive financial literacy for women

CMC Markets Singapore has partnered Sophia Women, Asia’s first and only female-focused financial education platform, to promote financial literacy among young Singaporean women.

Companies must work to make a difference in the society, and this begins with having a corporate purpose.  
COMPANY OF GOOD

What is corporate purpose?

FROM dealing with rising costs of living to longer-term issues such as climate change, the range of needs in society is constantly growing and evolving. Governments and individuals can play a role, bu...

Mee Fong (foreground, in white), who has an intellectual disability, learns to purchase goods with money in a classroom exercise.
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CGSI boosts financial literacy for people with intellectual disabilities

The investment firm runs workshops to give guidance on handling money, receiving change, comparing prices and saving

Mizuho Bank Singapore CEO Josephine Lok (fourth from left, in blue) at Mizuho Foundation's festive gathering with seniors from Awwa Senior Community Home.
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Mizuho Singapore Foundation partners Awwa to bring festive cheer to needy seniors

The bank’s Gift-a-Smile programme saw more than 380 gifts distributed to low-income families

The EESF was set up by Eduardo Saverin (above) and his wife Elaine, and the gift will sponsor up to 24 scholarships over three years.
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NUS Medicine receives S$3 million gift from Elaine and Eduardo Saverin Foundation

This is the largest single scholarship gift received by the programme to date, and it will be used to establish a mental health scholarship

Tan Puay Kern (standing, left), chairman of the ChariTrees 2025 organising committee, and former Singapore president Halimah Yacob (standing, fourth from left) with youth at the launch of the event.
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ChariTrees aims to raise S$1 million for its beneficiaries, which include BT BAF

More than 70 Christmas trees are on display along the Marina Bay waterfront until Dec 26

From left: Aberdeen Investments senior sustainable investment director Sheela Veerappan; Impactt CEO Patrick Shaw-Brown; international human rights lawyer Natasha Latiff; and Business for Societal Impact director Simon Robinson, who moderated the discussion.
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Putting the spotlight on ‘S’ in ESG

While social goals have tended to be ignored, ‘we’re starting to see some progress’ says a panellist at the UNGCNS Summit