Keeping environmental sustainability top of mind

ENVIRONMENTAL sustainability has been top of mind in recent months. Singapore and other countries across South-east Asia have been plagued by haze as a result of agricultural fires in Indonesia; world leaders have been meeting at the COP21 United Nations climate conference which started in Paris last week; and we are seeing increased calls for companies to ensure they are producing products ethically and sustainably.

These events are making people across the region, and around the world, sit up and pay attention to what they are buying and the impact their purchasing decisions have on the environment - and rightly so.

Here in Singapore, we have seen groups such as PM Haze, the World Wildlife Fund and Heat call on consumers to understand their role in helping to drive sustainable practices, and even retailers have taken action against companies which are not meeting sustainability standards.