Enterprise Sustainability Programme

• Through our Sustainability Courses:
  • Foundations in Sustainability
  • Decarbonisation and Carbon Accounting
  • Sustainable Finance


• Through our series of Sustainability Playbooks:
  • Foundational

    • Sustainability Playbook for Enterprises: Embarking on Your Environmental, Social, and Governance Journey
  • Decarbonisation

    • Decarbonisation for Singapore Enterprises
    • Powering a Sustainable Future: A Playbook on Scope 2 Emissions Reduction for Singapore Businesses
  • Sectoral

    • Sustainability Playbook for Food Manufacturers
    • Sustainability Playbook for Food & Beverage companies
    • Sustainability Playbook for Logistics companies
    • Sustainability Playbook for Manufacturers


• Through the SME Sustainability Hub (SSH):
  • A whole-of-government website for businesses kickstarting or looking to make the next move in your sustainability journey. Gain access to key environmental topics, practical steps and government resources.

• Get started on areas like carbon management and energy efficiency :
  • Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) for Carbon Management
    Build carbon accounting capabilities with pre-approved carbon management solutions.
  • Energy Efficiency Grant (EEG)
    Save costs and build resilience by investing in energy-efficient equipment. For eligible companies in Construction, Data Centre, Food Services, Manufacturing (including Food Manufacturing), Maritime and Retail sectors.


• Kickstart efforts in Sustainability Reporting:
  • SME Sustainability Reporting Programme (SME SRP)
    Develop your first sustainability report in line with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) frameworks.
  • Sustainability Reporting Grant (SRG)
    Develop your first sustainability report which incorporates International Sustainability Standards Board-based climate-related disclosures (ISSB-based CRDs), before reaching your mandatory compliance timeline.


• Embark on custom projects to grow and transform your business in sustainability:
  • Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) for Sustainability
    Develop sustainability projects to formulate sustainability strategies, optimise resources, adopt sustainability standards, and develop green products and services.
    
    

    Sustainability projects include the following:

    • Sustainability Strategy
      Formulate sustainability plans to strengthen your business resilience, leverage opportunities, and manage risks.
      
      Supportable areas:
      
      • Projects should incorporate one or more of the following components:
        • Assessment of sustainability risks and opportunities
        • Strategy development
        • Governance frameworks
        • Setting metrics and targets
    
    
    • Resource Optimisation: Improve resource and cost efficiency by optimising resource usage in the areas of carbon, energy, waste and water. Formulate sustainability plans to strengthen your business resilience, leverage opportunities, and manage risks.
      
      Supportable projects:
      
      • Adoption/development of sophisticated solutions for resource optimisation
      • Training of employees on solution deployment
      • Development of solutions that involve machinery purchase and system integration
      • Collection of robust data (e.g. through site inspection, energy monitoring system etc.)
      • Analysis of data quality, recommendation on internal policies/framework and provision of tools for future tracking/monitoring
      • Review of internal process/resource consumption and identifying of areas of improvement against industry benchmark
      • Formulate company-specific recommendations to improve and meet intended targets
      • Projects with specified projected quantitative resource efficiency improvements, such as reduction of:
        • Carbon emissions (tCO2e)
        • Energy consumption (kWh or kJ)
        • Waste generation (tons)
        • Water consumption (l or cm3)
    
    
    • Sustainability Standards Adoption: Align with national or international standards (i.e. ISO) to boost market access, enhance product credibility, productivity and recognition for your sustainability efforts.
      
      Supportable projects:
      
      • Assessment
      • Training
      • First time certification
      • Adoption of relevant standards
    
    
    • Sustainable Product / Service / Solution Development: Develop new, innovative sustainable products, services and solutions for growth. Sustainable products or service development are designed to be: (a) more durable or energy or resource efficient, (b) reparable, (c) recyclable, or (d) made with a preference for recycled materials; or enable third parties to improve their sustainability performance.
      
      Supportable projects:
      
      • Assessment of market viability
      • Development of product roadmap and proposed functionalities
      • Demonstration of market validation
      • Development of commercialisation plan
      • Review of IP considerations, such as IP/Trade Secrets protection, IP strategy, and Freedom to Operate analysis
      • Development of prototype and small batch production, where relevant
  
  
  • Enterprise Financing Scheme-Green (EFS-Green)
    Obtain financing to capture green growth opportunities, develop sustainable solutions and reduce your carbon footprint.

• Reduce your carbon footprint and accelerate your net-zero journey
  • UN Global Compact Network Singapore’s (GCNS) LowCarbonSG Programme
    Build capabilities in monitoring and reducing your carbon emissions via the Carbon and Emissions Recording Tool.


• Decarbonise business operations with expert guidance and IoT-enabled optimisation
  • Singtel SPEED Programme
    A comprehensive programme that equips businesses with the capabilities and tools to advance their sustainability goals through the deployment of IoT solutions for data-driven decarbonisation, along with expert advisory support to address sustainability requirements in tenders and capture new opportunities in the green economy.


• Access preferential financing rates and receive mentorship support
  • DBS ESG Ready Programme
    Build capabilities in carbon accounting, decarbonisation, resource efficiency and standards adoption. You can also receive advisory, tools, and access to green financing upon achieving key programme milestones.
  • UOB Sustainability-Linked Advisory, Grants and Enablers (SAGE) Programme
    Develop capabilities to reduce carbon emissions, certify management systems, and improve Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings. You can also gain access to advisory support and unlock preferential rates for sustainability-linked loans upon achieving programme targets.
  • OCBC SME Start-ESG Programme
    Build sustainability capabilities to improve ESG ratings or reduce carbon emissions. You can also receive advisory on the implementation of sustainability practices and unlock sustainability-linked loans upon meeting programme milestones.


• Tap on the support from Trade Association & Chambers (TACs)
  • Singapore Business Federation
    Develop your sustainability capabilities through tailored programmes like the SME Cost & Carbon Reduction Programme and the Queen Bee Enabled Sustainability Transition (QUEST) Programme, and resources like the NetZeroHub.SG platform and the Singapore Emission Factors Registry (SEFR).
  • UN Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS)
    Build your sustainability capabilities and reduce your carbon footprint through tailored programmes like the LowCarbonSG Programme, industry events, curated courses and playbooks.
  • Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF)
    Strengthen your sustainability capabilities in manufacturing through SMF’s programmes, such as the Chief Sustainability Officer-as-a-Service (CSOaaS) programme.
  • Sustainability Alliance
    Expand your networks and understanding to strengthen your sustainability capabilities.

If you are an industry leader, join us as a Queen Bee partner to strengthen the capabilities of your suppliers, reduce your Scope 3 emissions and pursue other sustainability initiatives

• SATS’ Supplier Engagement programme aims to upskill their suppliers on sustainability practices and forge a more sustainable supply chain.
• CDL’s SME Suppliers Decarbonisation Queen Bee programme aims to drive decarbonisation of their local suppliers by supporting them to measure their carbon emissions and develop a decarbonisation roadmap.

Contact Us for more information.