Eco-business Podcast

Speak to CapitaLand Group’s chief sustsainability officer Lynette Leong and she will tell you of a harrowing incident in New Zealand some years ago that forced her to evacuate by helicopter to safety. The unprecedented event, triggered by uncertain weather patterns, helped to hit home the growing threat of climate change around the world. It is with this knowledge that she leads the sustainability and business strategy of the Singapore-listed property developer, which recently published a masterplan outlining aggressive ESG (environment, social and governance) targets by 2030. As part of its strategy, it recently announced the CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge (CSXC) — “the first sustainability-focused innovation challenge by a Singapore real estate company on a global scale”, says Leong. It offers individuals and companies opportunities to test-bed sustainability innovations in CapitaLand’s properties across more than 220 cities in over 30 cities. To date, it has received over 270 entries in over 30