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...
Media Release For Immediate Release Partnerships with Countries Such As Japan Crucialfor ASEAN for Post-pandemic Recovery Singapore, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 - Partnerships between ASEAN countries and other powers such as Japan are critical for the region’s post-pandemic recovery. This was one of the key observations made...
By Khor Yu Leng, Nadirah Sharif and Siti BazilahFor Eco-Business In the past year, the United States has banned the imports of palm oil and rubber-based products from three Malaysian companies following allegations of labour abuse. Environmental issues have tended to dominate the attention on these...
By Simon Tay and Meixi Gan For The Business Times Many Singaporeans are looking to the upcoming 2021 Budget that the government and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat will unveil on Feb 16. After the unprecedented S$100 billion support last year against the immediate impacts of...
As both Europe and Asia seek to achieve green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, cooperation on climate action between the European Union (EU) and Singapore will be critical in a post-pandemic world. This was the key message that speakers conveyed at the EU-Singapore Dialogue on...
Southeast Asia faces not only immediate shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic, but also long-term sustainability challenges. Financing conservation efforts is key to green recovery and resilience in Southeast Asia, which is expected to be among the worst-hit regions by climate change. These were the key...
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”. ...
In recent years, there has been growing pressure on firms in ASEAN’s agribusiness and forestry sectors to implement and improve Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments. What are the drivers of ESG? Read about some of them in this graphic. For the full list of...
By Simon Tay and Meixi Gan For The Jakarta Post If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries would be at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow this month. Governments had pledged to negotiate rules for a global carbon market and improve their nationally...
At the SIIA's recent EU-Singapore Dialogue on Climate Change, Dr. Carlos Duarte, a professor of marine science at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, said that the large reduction in greenhouse gases due to COVID-19 imposed lockdowns is not sufficient to slow...