Top Digitalisation and Sustainability Trends in 2025
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Sustainability
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Sustainability Programme
UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Programme (SP) is a 2-week programme to help SMEs transform their companies into sustainable and green businesses. Learn how sustainability can play a part in your business to balance impact while ensuring profit and productivity.
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The Greentech Accelerator
A 3-month regional and global programme to grow and transform innovative greentech solutions to meet the economic and environmental needs of businesses and to forge a sustainable future for all.
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MoneyFM Interview on Industry Insight: Accelerating green technology to tackle climate change
Uncover key takeaways from our MoneyFM interview with Marianne Tan, Programme Director, UOB FinLab, and Emmanual Tay, CEO and CoFounder of Circular Unite on the GreenTech Accelerator Programme
16 Pilots unveiled at the GreenTech Accelerator 2024 Showcase Day
UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator (GTA) strives to develop and market green technology solutions for business sustainability.
UOB FinLab Thailand Sustainability Innovation Programme supports SMEs on their green transitions
Join us as we walk through the memory lane of 5 weeks with UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme 2024
The Impact of UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme 2024
Find out how UOB FinLab empower SMEs in accelerating their sustainable journey through UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme 2024
Sustainability Innovation Programme – A Recap of Key Insights and Takeaways
Join us as we walk through the memory lane of 5 weeks with UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme 2024
Top Grants for Singaporean SMEs looking to implement digitalisation or sustainability initiatives
The good news for SMEs is that various grants are available by government agencies to ease the strain for Singaporean firms looking to implement business transformation initiatives through digitalisation and sustainability.
Sustainability Innovation Programme 2024 – Pursuing the path to Net Zero
Learn how UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme (SIP) is driving SMEs toward net zero, featuring insights from our expert panel discussion.
Sustaining Sustainability for SMEs in ASEAN
Uncover the challenges SMEs in Southeast Asia face as they navigate the adoption of AI.
GreenTech Accelerator 2024 – Unveiling the Shortlisted Participants
UOB FinLab unveils the 33 greentech finalists for the GreenTech Accelerator 2024 programme.
Unlocking Sustainability Wins With Digitalisation
Discover how UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme (SIP) is leveraging digitalisation to accelerate sustainability journeys for SMEs.
Going Green Means Going Strong: How Sustainability Builds Resilience for SMEs
Uncover UOB FinLab’s insights on macroeconomic trends and our commitment to empower SMEs through sustainability development with our Sustainability Innovation Programme.
From the Singapore Budget 2024 to a New Prime Minister Appointment: Lessons from Singapore’s Dynamic Year
Uncover the impact of the Singapore Budget and the May Day Rally 2024 for SMEs in their digitalisation and sustainability initiatives.
Southeast Asian SMEs can mutually benefit from driving the circular economy
UOB FinLab is leading the charge in Southeast Asia by enabling SMEs to embrace the circular economy, reducing waste and sparking innovation. Dive into how these efforts are shaping a sustainable future for businesses and the environment.
What SMEs can do for Earth Day 2024
Discover how UOB FinLab is championing sustainable innovations with SMEs to drive positive change with transformative programmes. Join us in making a difference this Earth Day.
Sustainability Series: Countering Greenwashing in Southeast Asia
This is the second iteration of UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Series, in which we discuss greenwashing challenges in Southeast Asia and the adequate steps SMEs can take to tackle them.
Why Southeast Asia’s growing waste problem presents huge opportunity for climate tech start-ups
With Asean contributing to roughly 25 per cent of waste worldwide, innovative tech solutions could help to manage waste and prevent refuse from contaminating the environment. While more climate tech start-ups are eager to drive change, many still lack support, exposure, and a platform to grow.
Technology’s Role in Combating Excessive Waste in ASEAN
We now approach the final weeks before applications for UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator 2024 come to a close. We have received outstanding applications from hundreds of innovative greentechs that have the potential to make impactful contributions to the world’s sustainability goals of net zero.
Growing and Transforming Global GreenTechs for Sustainability
UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator (GTA) strives to develop and market green technology solutions for business sustainability.
ยกระดับและพลิกโฉม GreenTech ทั่วโลกเพื่อความยั่งยืน
UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator (GTA) มุ่งมุ่งเน้นการพัฒนาและผลักดันโซลูชันเทคโนโลยีสีเขียว (green technology solutions) เพื่อความยั่งยืนของภาคธุรกิจ โดยจัดการอบรม, ให้รับคำปรึกษาจากผู้เชี่ยวชาญ, เน็ตเวิร์คกับเครือข่ายอันกว้างขวางของ UOB FinLab และได้รับเงินทุนสนับสนุนสูงสุดรวม 100,000 ดอลลาร์สิงคโปร์
2023 Year in Review and Looking Ahead
Learn more about UOB FinLab’s key milestones in 2023 and how the team is staying committed to helping SMEs in the region.
COP28 Recap – Key Takeaways for Singapore
Read this article to learn more about our key takeaways from the COP28 event.
Sustainability Series: Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
First iteration of UOB FinLab’s Sustainability Series – a series of articles that address a different area of sustainability and its impact in Singapore and the region. Our first piece will deep dive into the world of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
Sustainability Innovation Programme 2023 Highlights
The FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme (SIP) is a 2-week programme to help SMEs transform their companies into sustainable and green businesses.
CNA938 Interview for Sustainability Innovation Programme
Uncover key takeaways from our CNA 938 interview with Shaun Tan, Programme Director, UOB FinLab, on the Sustainability Innovation Programme.
CNA938 Interview for Acceleration Programme for the Arts
The Acceleration Programme for the Arts 2023, by UOB FinLab and National Arts Council, aims to help arts organisations strengthen their business and digital capabilities to achieve their vision for growth and development.
Supporting SMEs in their sustainability journey
How WeavAir’s Natalia Mykhaylova benefited from the Sustainability Innovation Programme.
The 2023 action plan for SMEs
For many of us, 2023 is off to an unusual start, due in part to recent economic forecasts and headlines reporting worrying business outlooks.
Amid all of this, few seem to be talking about the thousands of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that represent nearly half of Singapore’s GDP – and are more likely to feel the pinch. While the weakening global economy and inflation affects the performance of trade-dependent industries, overall SMEs have been found to be generally positive about their near-term business outlook.
Commentary: Think big but start small — how companies, employees can contribute to Singapore’s Green Plan 2030
Moving towards a net-zero future is non-negotiable — and while it’s important to take steps towards being more eco-friendly, it’s challenging to implement long-term change.
How Tech Solutions Can Help SMEs Go Green And Save On Utilities
Local accelerator programme bridges the gap between providers and SMEs, lowering the costs of adopting new technologies
Tackling today’s sustainability challenges with greentech innovations of tomorrow
As the climate crisis mounts, green technologies help reduce environmental footprint while driving sustainable growth.
The FinLab’s Deep Dive Programme 2022
Discover the highlights of UOB FinLab’s 2022 Deep Dive Programme, part of the GreenTech Accelerator, and how it grows greentech solutions.
Looping SMEs Into The Circular Economy (Part 2)
Shifting to business models that are grounded in the principles of the circular economy will not only bring SMEs cost-savings and efficiency gains but will also open doors towards innovation and new sources of revenue and innovative customer engagement models.
Greentech Companies are Ushering in a New-Era of Energy Efficiency: Here’s How
For hundreds of years, humanity has used coal, oil, and natural gas to run civilizations and wage wars.
The FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme 2022
The FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme (SIP) is a 5-week programme to help SMEs to transform their companies into sustainable businesses.
5 Tips for SMEs to Go Green in An Endemic World
Sustainability is arguably one of the biggest buzzwords today, driven by the government’s unveiling of the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and its commitment to the United Nation’s (UN)’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Looping SMEs Into The Circular Economy (Part 1)
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, one of the foremost authorities on the circular economy, defines it as, “an industrial system that is restorative and regenerative by intention and design.
The Right Connections – Key to Growing in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is on the cusp of entering a golden age for economic growth and technological innovation thanks to rising mobile internet penetration rates, adoption of digital lifestyles and the number of start-up investments in the region.
The FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme 2021
The FinLab’s Sustainability Innovation Programme (SIP) is built for leaders looking to transform their companies into sustainable businesses.
Success Stories
Tagging a way towards organic growth
According to Acepac International’s Head of Operations K.S. Ho, growing organically also requires the company to stay relevant and adapt to the economy. The company has opted to go down this route by digitalising their manual business processes that had been in place since it started.
Gen Y Speaks: I Quit A Stable Job I Loved, Because The Pandemic Made Me Rethink My Purpose
Ms Suzanna Tang is the co-founder of the social enterprise Urban Origins, a ground-up initiative connecting communities with local urban food.
Innovation Programme Helps SMEs Profit While Helping To Sustain the Planet
Mr Tham’s journey with the SIP began with learning more about best practices in the sustainability realm, followed by an analysis of his specific requirements for Trust Cleanz.
