COVID-19 Updates

Beyond the health impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic has disrupted trade and investment, accelerated the push towards digital transformation, and highlighted the urgent need for climate action. At the same time, the pandemic has also exposed gaps in cross-border cooperation and the limits of global institutions. As we build back from the crisis, how can Western economies work together with Asia to reconnect business linkages, adopt new technologies, and ensure a more sustainable future?

Watch the full webinar and hear from Her Excellency Iwona Piórko, Ambassador of the European Union in Singapore, and Her Excellency Kara Owen, British High Commissioner UK in Singapore, as they share their insights at the SIIA’s Year Opener, “Can the EU and the UK Lead with Asia?” held Thursday, 20 January 2022, 1045am to 1145am (SGT).

The key to transit from pandemic to endemic is vaccination programmes across the globe. The steady progress of vaccination rollouts brings ASEAN nations closer to reopening their country’s borders and reconnecting with the world. While a full recovery may take longer than expected, it is…

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Malaysia has imposed a 2-week nationwide lockdown from 1 June 2021 to contain the worsening Covid-19 outbreak. Only essential businesses are allowed to operate under the lockdown, with schools and shopping malls shuttered. Covid-19 cases are on the rise, with new infections averaging over 6,000…

By Simon Tay and Aaron ChooFor The Straits Times Some may question the need to think about emerging stronger when Singapore is under a heightened regime of measures against the pandemic and many countries across the region are facing the worst circumstances since the first…

Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the SIIA, spoke at the “CNA Leadership Summit 2021: Green Recovery” on Thursday, 22 April. Sharing his perspectives at the “New Private-Public Collaborations For Sustainable Economic And Environmental Prosperity” panel, he said that Singapore has the tools to combat…

It has now been over a year since COVID-19 was first recognised as a global pandemic. While vaccination programmes are now beginning, there has been much debate about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, especially with new variants of the virus emerging, and it is not…

Around the world, trillions of dollars have been deployed as part of COVID-19 stimulus packages. After the 2008 financial crisis, it was found that stimulus packages led to the largest emissions increase in half a century. The growth in climate pledges by countries and corporations…

Read more about how the COVID-19 pandemic is potentially impacting the ESG practices of companies in the agribusiness and forestry sectors in our latest report, “ESG in Practice: A Closer Look at Sustainability in ASEAN’s Palm Oil and Pulpwood Sector”.