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Speaker: Prof Lawrence Loh 23 August 2025
Asian businesses stand at a crossroads as sustainable initiatives face major pullbacks under the new US administration. On the environmental front, climate change regulations are being rolled back, while on the social front, diversity, equity and inclusion policies are coming under attack. Against this backdrop of “backpedalling” on ESG (environmental, social and governance), Prof Lawrence Loh, Director of the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at NUS Business School, discusses how businesses in Asia should chart their course into the volatile future.
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Speaker: Speaker: Professor Hsu Li Yang | 4 December 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Samer Elhajjar | 3 December 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Simon Chesterman, Associate Professor Loy Hui Chieh | 28 November 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tien Foo Sing | 20 November 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Teo Yik Ying, Vice President for Global Health and Dean of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health | 20 November 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Julian Savulescu, Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor of Medical Ethics and Director, and Associate Professor Brian D. Earp, both from the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS, together with Dr Sebastian Porsdam Mann, a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford | 15 November 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Stefan Huebner, Senior Research Fellow from the Asia Research Institute at NUS | 14 November 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho, from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS | 13 November 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Asst Prof Ng Weiyi, Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School | 13 November 2024
Speaker: Speaker: Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho, from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS | 11 November 2024