Social causes

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Building the future: How young S’poreans are driving social change through tech

From AI-driven games for seniors to sign language virtual assistants, youth-led ideas from Huawei’s Tech4City competition are shaping inclusive solutions for Singapore’s evolving needs

Jalan Journey develops digital games with actionable outcomes to educate students about social and environmental causes, build empathy and encourage volunteerism.
TAKING HEART

Edtech startup Jalan Journey teaches students about social issues through digital games

It has reached more than 5,000 students in around 45 schools

Miguel Ko (left), chairman of both CHF and CapitaLand Investment, during CapitaLand's International Volunteer Expedition in India in 2023. Education is one of the initiative's focus impact areas.
TAKING HEART

CapitaLand commits S$3 million to inaugural initiative to fund social resilience projects

The Community Resilience Initiative will focus on children and youth’s education, health and well-being

Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli at the launch event at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre.

NCSS launches inaugural Sustainable Philanthropy Framework

The move aims to better measure the social impact of companies’ philanthropic efforts for better social outcomes

The “S” or social aspect part of ESG is the forgotten middle child.

Time for more professionalism in the ‘S’ of ESG

Having a framework helps, but one should also be aware of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach

A protest against Indonesia's new criminal code, on Dec 5. A GlobalData survey showed that those aged 16 to 24 in South-east Asia cared more about some social issues, compared to the global average for that cohort.

Will Gen Z disrupt the Asean corporate landscape?

ACTIVIST employees have made their voices heard in multinational corporations in the United States in recent years. Netflix employees have staged walkouts over the airing of a show by comedian Dave Ch...

Push Pull Give inspires at-risk youths from Muhammadiyah Welfare Home to take charge of their health and fitness.
COMPANY OF GOOD

Purpose at the core of business goals

WHILE more businesses have stepped up efforts to give back to society, it is a huge challenge for any organisation – regardless of size – to bring change overnight.

Australia’s Indigenous people have toiled for generations to win recognition for injustices since European colonisation in the 1700s.

Australia enlists NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal on Indigenous reform

FORMER US basketball star Shaquille O’Neal will help Australia’s new government implement reforms for an Indigenous voice to parliament, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday (Aug 27) said,...

The donation will be managed by the Adani Foundation for bolstering health care, education and skill development, Gautam Adani told Bloomberg in an interview on Thursday (Jun 23).

Adani, richest Asian, pledges US$7.7b for social causes

GAUTAM ADANI, Asia's richest person, and his family have pledged to donate 600 billion rupees (US$7.7 billion) to a slew of social causes, to mark his 60-th birthday.

Elon Musk's tweet in March about the Current Thing duly went viral.
THE BROAD VIEW

We should pay less attention to Current Thing-ism

In the Internet age, allegiance to the moral cause du jour can be transitory but criticism of it is often just as shallow