Jessica Cheam

Founder @ecobusinesscom | #Board Member | #Impact #Sustainability | CFA in #ESG | On #current affairs, #climate, #SDGs, #innovation, #journalism and life.

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In our top story this week: Asean environmental rights draft takes shape, advocates fear weakened safeguards (https://t.co/A9aqX1FL7q)

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This Earth Day, on 22nd April, @ecobusinesscom and @TheProjectorSG will be hosting a screening and dialogue on our latest documentary, Wasted, which spotlights the connection between waste, human health and the climate crisis. Join us: https://t.co/Rz8nsQWLMA

#earthday2024

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Delighted to have to 'geeked out' with this panel on Carbon Markets. We explored the role of policy in governance frameworks, technical & socio-economic challenges, and paving the way for countries to fulfill their Paris Agreement commitments. #carbonmarkets #governance #climate

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Here’s where we are at half time. ‘Unique sense of momentum’: COP28 president Al Jaber sets expectations for second week of climate talks https://t.co/WgTPiF1SWr via @ecobusinesscom #cop28

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Looking forward to further insights from the rest of the week, and especially to The Liveability Challenge grand finale which we’re hosting on the last day of #Ecosperity 🌱

🔗 Join us this Thursday 2.30pm at Marina Bay Sands or virtually here: https://t.co/wR6PKlTlar

#TLC2023

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Ecosperity 2023 kicked off this week with the theme ‘Breakthroughs for net zero’. I still remember when it was first launched in 2015… it has been amazing to witness how this event has since grown to become the mini-Davos for sustainability and more.

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Food and nutrition:
6. Proteomax (Singapore)
7. TeOra (Singapore)
8. Plantae Bioscience (Israel)

More info here: https://t.co/w7nE98Q3Cl

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This 8th June, will be hosting the grand finale of The Liveability Challenge 2023 at Ecosperity at Marina Bay Sands. Presented by Temasek Foundation, TLC received a record-breaking 600+ entries from 82 countries.

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We’re excited to unveil them:

‍Climate change (decarbonisation, ocean conservation and restoration):
1. Seabound (United Kingdom)
2. Carbix (United States)
3. Susteon Inc. (UnitedStates)
4. https://t.co/fqgoVKXE5e (ThePhilippines)
5. https://t.co/ZVsU0wMSXI (Singapore)

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It was so lovely visiting the school where I spent some of the most formative years of my life! Thank you to MGS and the teachers for this invitation 💚

[Jessica Cheam @jcheam]

Last week I had the opportunity to return to Methodist Girls’ School, my alma mater, to speak to the Secondary Four cohort at their Careers Festival on the green economy and share my personal journey.

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Last weekend, we went back to ‘school’ for the International Directors Forum at @INSEAD to discuss complex governance challenges and more. Delighted to be officially accredited with the Certificate of Corporate Governance, marked by a lovely graduation ceremony with these folks!

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-on ESG strategy as a risk mitigation and competitive advantage lens for the future. I will be leading this upcoming 2-day programme!

Subsidies of 70% are available for local enterprises. We 've got a few seats left - sign up here!

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On 24-25 May next week, we will be hosting the next run of our 'ESG and Sustainability in Asia: A Business Strategy' training programme - empowering business leaders to make sense of the growing ESG regulatory landscape, best practices in corporate governance, and capitalising-

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Registration is ongoing for the 22-23 June run of our capacity-building programme ESG and Sustainability in Asia: A Business Strategy. Up to 70% course subsidy is available for eligible individuals!

For more information on the course and to register: https://t.co/YqZ1WtQLjR

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Join us in-person for this immersive experience as we launch it at Catapult by Capitaland and experience how documentaries come alive. (Virtual attendees welcome!)

We will be hosting a power-packed panel on 'Sustainability Reporting in the Asa Pacific: Practices and Challenges'

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This Friday, we will be launching Season 2 of our Sustainability Media Academy, the first of its kind programme in the region to upskill journalists and editors on sustainable development reporting.

🔗 https://t.co/r3qoWsII2X

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Thank you to the @AIM_Congress for the invitation to join you for this forum and to Mohit Bhasin of @KPMG for moderating this panel, and the discussion with fellow panelists Łukasz Hołubowski, Bilal Sabouni, Marc Israel, and Takaaki Nakamura.

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Some 10,000 business and policy leaders gathered in Abu Dhabi this week for the @AIM_Congress 2023, which was focused on the latest investment trends and opportunities in this uncertain global environment.

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Huge congrats to the editorial team for your hard work, and thank you for your passion in covering difficult, undercovered issues in the region. 🙌

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Two of our stories have been selected as finalists for the first time at @sopasia excellence in journalism awards this year! 💪🏻💪🏻

https://t.co/ZwTolo3gpq via @ecobusinesscom