Singapore-listed companies and trusts have performed strongly in the areas of shareholder rights as well as environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, according to the 2024 Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI).
NUS Business School formally launched a new book reveals a decline in Singaporeans’ happiness and satisfaction with the overall quality of life. Entitled “Happiness and Wellbeing in Singapore – Beyond Economic Prosperity”.
An environmental study on Yangtze River Economic Belt (YEB) in China has found that an increase of both official and unofficial environmental regulations (ER) can lead to an improvement in environmental quality (EQ).
A biennial study by Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the NUS Business School has found that listed issuers of all sizes have improved in terms of sustainability reporting since the first study conducted in 2019.
A recent study has revealed that job applicants opine the use of AI in selection and recruitment process as untrustworthy. They perceive the algorithmic decision-making in the recruitment process as less fair compared to human-assisted methods.
Singapore-listed companies and trusts have charted new records in governance and transparency, according to the 2023 Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI).
With investors and stakeholders increasingly coupling the value of a business with its ability to navigate climate risk and opportunities, companies across the Asia Pacific are showing progress in their sustainability reporting around these areas, according to a joint study by the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and PwC Singapore.
The 10th Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) brings together leading policymakers and academics to focus on the challenges confronting monetary policy against the current macroeconomic and financial landscape. The event is organised by the Asian Bureau of Financial and Economics Research (ABFER), the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, NUS Business School, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Singapore publicly-listed business entities performed significantly better in their corporate governance practices despite the disruption caused by the global pandemic. This is shown in the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard 2021, by Singapore's domestic ranking body--NUS Centre for Governance and Sustainability, and Singapore Institute of Directors.
Among 410 top listed firms in Asia-Pacific, only 28 per cent view nature and biodiversity as a priority issue amongst sustainability concerns, with industrial and consumer staples companies being the most nature-conscious, and healthcare firms being the least. These are among the key findings from the report, Nature-related Reporting in Asia-Pacific Corporations: State of Corporate Practices, published by the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School.
New study finds that average revenue per user increases by up to 16% in countries that implement Mobile Number Portability policies
The 2022 Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI) posted improvements in mean scores for its two categories of listed entities.