Sustainability Impact Awards 2023

Nominations for Sustainability Impact Awards to close May 15

NOMINATIONS for the Sustainability Impact Awards, jointly presented by The Business Times and UOB, will close on May 15.

“Oftentimes, leaders can focus on the negative side of mental health, but there (are so many positives) that can come out of awareness of it,” says Jeffery Tan, CEO of Mindset.
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Mental health charity banks on destigmatising mental illness

Heading back to the workforce empowers persons in recovery and fights social stigma, says Mindset CEO Jeffery Tan

The inaugural Sustainability Impact Awards, organised by UOB and The Business Times (BT), celebrates 10 businesses and individuals that have taken the lead to contribute to environmental and societal well-being through their work.
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT AWARDS 2023

Who moved the needle?

Impact in the spotlight as sustainability veers towards ‘doing good business’, beyond ‘a business doing good’

Thomas Baudlot, CEO of Engie South East Asia, says the company is "walking the talk" when it comes to sustainability.
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With ‘great realisation’ comes great solutions

Engie South East Asia is looking to develop greener, cleaner solutions for high energy users including data centres

David Mackerness, director at Kaer.
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Cooling-as-a-service: Making a radical idea work

In 2013, Kaer made a bet by pivoting to selling cool air instead of cooling infrastructure. The wager is paying off

“To create impact and change behaviour, we need to offer clear guidance, empower our supply chain with the knowledge and skill set to adopt best practices together,”  says CDL's Esther An.
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Forerunning green conversations

City Developments Limited is recognised for spearheading net-zero development

Singtel group chief executive Yuen Kuan Moon believes the company's sustainability initiatives help its employees develop valuable skills such as empathy, adaptability and effective communication.
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Building a digitally inclusive community 

Singtel goes the extra mile to uplift society through digitalisation, innovation, capacity building and philanthropy

UOB's Leong Yung Chee says significant first-mover advantages that large corporations can leverage include their ability to respond to rising consumer demand for more sustainable products, given their economies of scale.
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT AWARDS 2023

No sustainability, no impact: Corporates can’t be in two minds, UOB heads say

The bank has created a transition finance framework to support clients on their decarbonisation journeys

Benjamin Chua, founder and chief executive of Speco, says in the long run, he sees Speco as an “enabler” for sustainability among other enterprises.
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Care for cleaners’ hands took social enterprise down a profitable path

Speco now derives much of its revenue from its non-toxic cleaning solutions, attracting customers like Changi Airport, Singapore Airlines

The Social Kitchen hired people from the vulnerable community to wrap 50,000 plant-based burgers for distribution to frontline workers and the community in 2021.
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Empowering the vulnerable through meaningful employment

In three years, The Social Kitchen fine-tuned a scalable business model that it hopes to take regional