Dialogue on Environment, Social and Governance and Impact on Your Business

NCPA will organize NCPA Webinar Series (NWS) on 13^th April afternoon 2.00 to 3.30.  The theme of the webinar is “Dialogue on Environment, Social and Governance and Impact on Your Business”. The dialogue is part of NWS and co-organized with Singapore Manufacturing Federation.

The webinar will be conducted via ZOOM. Please register the attendance at https://bit.ly/3Db7Zme .

The term ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) was coined in a landmark report published under a joint initiative led by the UN Global Compact Office with the support of the International Finance Corporation and the Swiss Government in 2005. This report, entitled ‘Who Cares Wins’, argues for the necessity of embedding ESG into capital markets to improve sustainability and better outcomes for societies globally. Policymakers, businesses and societies around the world have since paid greater attention to ESG issues including economies and businesses, including climate change, water management, health, inclusive workplace policies, corporate transparency and accountability. The market size of ESG investments is rapidly growing and is expected to exceed US$53 trillion by 2025. 

To remain competitive globally and locally, companies and manufacturers in Singapore must embrace the ongoing push towards sustainability by adapting their business structures and strategies with ESG issues in mind. What are some of these adaptations and how were they conceptualized and implemented? What are the opportunities and challenges present as companies incorporate ESG into their operations? How is the push towards ESG impacted by pandemic-induced disruptions? This panel, organized by the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration and Singapore Manufacturing Federation, seeks to answer these questions by presenting first-hand perspectives on how Singapore businesses and manufacturers have responded to the growing ESG trend.  

This dialogue webinar hopes to bring together policymakers and business leaders from different sectors to come together to discuss and deliberate how to governments, businesses and society should work together to restructure the economy in Singapore to pave the way for recovery.