
Tackling Sustainability as One Nation: How SMEs Can Lead and Thrive
As Singapore advances its Green Plan 2030, UOB FinLab is working with SMEs to turn sustainability into a pathway for growth, resilience, and long-term success.
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As Singapore advances its Green Plan 2030, UOB FinLab is working with SMEs to turn sustainability into a pathway for growth, resilience, and long-term success.
At UOB FinLab, we’ve spent the last 10 years enabling SMEs across the region to adapt, transform, and thrive, no matter how the market moves.
It has been almost a year since the team at UOB FinLab culminated its GreenTech Accelerator 2024 (GTA). We decided to check in with one of the GreenTech participants and see the progress that is being made.
UOB FinLab AI Ready Programme empowers SMEs to adopt and scale AI, with hands-on support from AI Singapore, IMDA, and Microsoft.
Nearly a year has passed since UOB FinLab concluded its GreenTech Accelerator 2024 (GTA), and we’ve followed up with one of the participating GreenTech companies to see how things have progressed.
As a newly appointed SkillsFuture Queen Bee (SFQB), UOB is supporting SMEs with the UOB SME Elevate Programme — offering training courses with up to 90% subsidies, mentorships, tools and solutions for future-ready growth.
UOB Malaysia foresees a surge in SMEs adopting sustainability practices in 2024, fuelled by green finance initiatives. Learn how programs like UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Accelerator support this transition and navigate challenges.
UOB FinLab was launched in Vietnam in June this year, with the aim of fostering a network of more than 21,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across South-east Asia.
UOB Malaysia has launched its Jom Transform — Sustainability Accelerator Programme (JT-SAP) to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) adopt sustainable practices and transition to a low carbon economy.
UOB Indonesia launched UOB FinLab, UOB’s flagship innovation accelerator to help local businesses grow and transform digitally, on 19 September 2023.
UOB Thailand launches the Sustainability Innovation Programme to aid small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector to become sustainable and green businesses by incorporating cutting-edge digital tools and eco-friendly technology crucial to succeed in sustainable tourism.
UOB Malaysia presented the top award for the 2023 UOB Painting of the Year (POY) (Malaysia), Established Artist Category, to Mr Chong Kim Chiew for his artwork titled ‘Malaya and British Borneo One Dollar 1953 (We look at the past, we look at the present)’.
Explore how one of the impactful pilot projects from UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator 2024 took off, where Circular Unite partnered with UOB’s Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) to drive sustainable waste management through data-driven innovation.
Sonata Dancewear, a home-grown Singapore brand, has leapt from a humble balletwear shop to a regional presence across Southeast Asia, blending tradition with innovation and embracing digital tools to inspire a new generation of dancers.
How Genius Plus Academy’s Eileen Toh benefited as both a businesswoman and working mom from the Digital Mumpreneurs Programme
Starting a business is challenging, especially if you’re a resource-strapped mum.
Ms Suzanna Tang is the co-founder of the social enterprise Urban Origins, a ground-up initiative connecting communities with local urban food. It all started from an empty supermarket shelf in March 2020.
The Sustainability Innovation Programme (SIP) – a five-week programme designed by UOB’s innovation accelerator, The FinLab, that helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) transform their companies into sustainable businesses.
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Senior Lecturer, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Melvin Gan is a senior lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Business and Accountancy, where he specialises in sustainability in business management, ESG reporting, digital marketing, consumer insights, and human-centered design thinking. A founding member of the Sustainability Module Team, he has been instrumental in developing specialised curricula such as Corporate Governance and Reporting for Sustainable Business and has contributed to the growth of the Business Sustainability and Digitalisation specialisation.
Consultant & Trainer, CSO Centre
Joyce was former Commercial Director at Climate Impact Exchange (CIX), a global carbon solutions provider established by Temasek Holdings, Singapore Exchange, DBS Bank & Standard Chartered in Singapore. She was hired as part of the founding team and represented CIX in multiple public forums on decarbonisation, market development and green finance.
Joyce has close to 20 years of experience in the financial industry. She has helmed leadership roles at Singapore Exchange, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse across various business and operation units. At CIX, she worked with C-Suites, NGOs and financiers on decarbonisation solutions, global carbon market development, as well as alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for long term impact and business resilience.
Consultant & Trainer, CSO Centre
Lance is an FSA Credential Holder and GRI Certified Sustainability Professional. Throughout his corporate career, he has worked at JPMorgan, Citibank and Singapore Exchange. As a marketing and corporate communications consultant, his clients have included DBS, Singtel, UOB, Bank of Singapore as well as many other government organisations, SMEs and startups.
He currently specializes in helping corporates with ESG and sustainability reporting as a trainer and consultant. His courses have been taken by individuals and companies from all over the world and accredited by the Institute of Banking & Finance (Singapore). He is also an associate lecturer with Ngee Ann Polytechnic for various sustainability-related courses.
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