SMEs can exchange ideas for going green, get mentors from big firms through new platform

04 Oct 2023

Local small firms which are looking to improve their sustainability will be able to exchange ideas and pick up best practices from larger organisations through a new platform. The Alliance for Sustainability Innovation, launched on Tuesday, will connect 180 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from various sectors with eight mentors for a start. The platform is run by NYP and is free to join. The polytechnic also offers a paid consultancy service to help enterprises with sustainability projects, through training or sourcing for a solution. NYP PCEO Russell Chan said: “We were hearing companies, especially SMEs – which still represent 99 per cent of businesses here in Singapore – asking for help to decipher the complexities of sustainability, for assistance in their own operations to be less carbon-heavy.” In September, SP and sustainability software firm Envision Digital will also explore the development of a Net Zero Co-Innovation Lab to provide SMEs with tools and knowledge to decarbonise their operations effectively.

[The Straits Times]