17 Mar Webinar – “Can the EU and the UK Lead with Asia?”
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...
08 Oct Vaccination Rate Across ASEAN
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...
22 Jun [Premium] Chairman’s Note – 2021: A Perspective on the Pandemic in Vietnam: Da Nang
Private and Confidential For SIIA Corporate Members and Advisors June 2021 A Perspective on the Pandemic in Vietnam: Da Nang A number of us regard Vietnam as the brightest opportunity in the region and its early handling of the Pandemic reaffirmed this confidence. However, the country is currently facing...
03 Jun Malaysia’s Covid-19 Resurgence
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...
20 May Emerging stronger: Present and future tense
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 outbreak....
26 Apr CNA Leadership Summit 2021: Green Recovery
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...
26 Feb One Year On: Vaccines, New Variants and Economic Prospects
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...
08 Jan Did global Covid-19 lockdowns heal the planet? (The Straits Times)
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...
09 Dec ESG in Practice: COVID-19 Effects on ESG
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”. ...
26 Nov Sustainability and green finance to be factors in Singapore’s new infrastructure (The Business Times)
Ms. Meixi Gan, Assistant Director, Sustainability, at the SIIA, said that Singapore is "well positioned" to pursue business opportunities in the green economy. She noted that "sustainability, resilience and inclusive growth have been identified as key elements of Singapore's post-COVID-19 economic strategy, and that the...