Asian Sustainability Rating

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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.

Click here for a list of titles on Sustainable Development in the Business Library.

Singapore Sustainability Awards

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According to its official website, The Singapore Sustainability Awards (SSA), consisting The Sustainable Business Awards and the Green IT Awards, “recognize and showcase the most innovative and impactful sustainable business practices and green solutions amongst Corporate Singapore.”

With categories for large enterprises, as well as small and medium enterprises, the awards help to promote excellence in sustainability the sharing of best practices amongst organisations in Singapore. Judging criteria include Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainable Business Growth, etc. The About page for SSA has more details on the judging criteria for the different categories and awards.

Who are the winners of the inaugural Singapore Sustainability Awards 2010? Click here for list of winners.

You can also read more about this event on the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) News Room page.

Nominations for SSA 2011 is now accepted. Read the news release from SBF News Room.

Sustainable Reporting – SGX

Singapore, Sustainability: Issues, Reporting & Finance

Singapore Issues Reporting Guidelines. (2010). Business & the Environment with ISO 14000 Updates, 21(10), 6-7.

This short write up reports that Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) has started sustainability reporting for listing companies on August 28, 2010, the first securities exchange in Asia to do so.

Click here to read the full text.

Click here for the Proposed Policy Statement and Guide to Sustainability Reporting for Listed Companies by SGX.

Integrating environmental issues into strategic planning

Business Gone Green: Managerial Issues, Singapore

Hesan A. Quazi. (2001). Sustainable development: integrating environmental issues into strategic planning. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 101(2), 64-70.

Abstract from author
As we begin the twenty-first century it appears that for a growing number of industries environmental issues are emerging with increasing frequency as strategic problems. If human economic activity is to be sustainable, then strategic behavior of companies must take account of the structural elements. Researchers in the western societies are trying to understand how the companies integrate the sustainability issues into their strategies. No such study has been reported on companies operating in the ASEAN countries. This paper reports the findings of a case study research on this issue which was conducted on seven global companies operating in Singapore. Two frameworks were applied to analyze the nature and extent of integration of environmental management practices into the organizational strategic planning process. The study reveals that the majority of the sample companies have well-developed environmental management systems in place which satisfies the requirements of the strategic planning criterion of the (Singapore) business excellence framework. These companies are also found to be actively engaged in at least four of the five best practices of environmental leadership framework suggested by Dechant and Altman.

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CSR and tourism after the Indian Ocean tsunami

Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility

The principles of sustainable development have much in common with those of CSR and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. A company pursuing sustainable tourism is, by definition, socially responsible while CSR incorporates some of the fundamental tenets of sustainability.
Henderson, 2007, p231

Henderson, J. C. (2007). Corporate social responsibility and tourism: Hotel companies in Phuket, Thailand, after the Indian Ocean tsunami. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 26(1), 228-239.

This paper looks at corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the tourism industry in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Forteen international and regional hotel groups were surveyed regarding CSR activities following the tsunami.

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Achieving A Sustainable Advantage

Business Gone Green: Managerial Issues, Singapore, Sustainable Enterprises

Why is Singapore Airlines still a great way to fly, despite the fierce competition from regional airlines and low-cost carriers offering rock-bottom prices? How is it able to achieve its sustainable advantage amidst a competitive airline industry?

The authors of the following article explore the nature of the airline’s human resource management practices that allows it achieve consistent service excellence and maintain a competitive edge.

Heracleous, L., & Wirtz, J. (2009). Strategy and organization at Singapore Airlines: Achieving sustainable advantage through dual strategy. [doi:DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.11.011]. Journal of Air Transport Management, 15(6), 274-279.

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Exxon Mobil

Sustainable Enterprises
Read articles on Exxon Mobil & Sustainable Development.To access these articles, you need to be a student or staff of NTU.
The search will include the following databases:- ABI/INFORM
– Accounting & Tax
– Dissertations & Theses
– Entrepreneurship.
This search includes the following databases:
– Academic Search Premier
– Business Source Premie
– EconLit with Full Text
– Sustainability Reference Center (Trial)
– Sustainability Watch (Trial)
– GreenFILE
– British Library Document Supply Centre InsideSerials & Conference Proceedings
For more information on Energy, Environment & Exxon Mobil, visit Exxon Mobil’s corporate website here.

Nokia

Sustainable Enterprises

Read articles on Nokia & Sustainable Development.To access these articles, you need to be a student or staff of NTU.
 

 

  

 The search will include the following databases:
– ABI/INFORM
-Accounting & Tax
-Dissertations & Theses
-Entrepreneurship.
 
This search includes the following databases:
– Academic Search Premier
– Business Source Premie
– EconLit with Full Text
– Sustainability Reference Center (Trial)
– Sustainability Watch (Trial)
– GreenFILE
– British Library Document Supply Centre Inside Serials & Conference Proceedings
For more information on Energy, Environment & Nokia, visit Nokia’s corporate website here.

Barclays

Sustainable Enterprises


Read articles on Barclays & Sustainable Development.To access these articles, you need to be a student or staff of NTU.
 

 

 

 The search will include the following databases:
– ABI/INFORM
-Accounting & Tax
-Dissertations & Theses
-Entrepreneurship.
 
This search includes the following databases:
– Academic Search Premier
– Business Source Premie
– EconLit with Full Text
– Sustainability Reference Center (Trial)
– Sustainability Watch (Trial)
– GreenFILE
– British Library Document Supply Centre Inside Serials & Conference Proceedings
For more information on Energy, Environment & Barclays, visit Barclays’s corporate website here.