Singapore's multibillion-dollar events industry has a hidden cost
Speaker: Assoc Prof Zhang Weina and Mr Yannis Yuan
6 November 2025
As Singapore celebrates its success as a global host for international events like the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, a harder question looms: Can this growth remain sustainable? Associate Prof Zhang Weina from NUS Business School, who is also Deputy Director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute, and Mr Yannis Yuan, Research Associate from the same institute at NUS, weigh in on the significant invisible environmental costs of hosting such events, the necessity of measuring emissions, and the importance of collective will from policymakers, venue operators and organisers to make sustainability part of how success is defined.
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