What is the Asian Sustainability Rating (ASR)?
It is a benchmarking tool developed by Responsible Research and CSR Asia, covering areas such as the environment, social and governance (ESG) of leading listed companies in ten Asian countries, such as China, India, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, etc.

How are the countries scored?
A proprietary set of 100 indicators in 4 categories are used. Details of the methodology are available the Research Methodology page of ASR.

How did Singapore companies fair in the rating?
Singapore ranked 5th in the country ranking, with the best result in Governance (ranked second, after Thailand).

Overall, the real estate sector leads the field, with City Developments Limited and CapitaLand Ltd topping the chart.

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