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Sustainability key to future-proofing businesses: Expert

Even amidst pandemic, many large firms did not budge from sustainability agenda

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Even as businesses were struggling to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic last year, Mr Mike Ng did not waver from advocating that companies incorporate sustainability into their operations.

Mr Ng, 49, OCBC Bank's head of structured finance and sustainable finance, sees sustainability as a way to future-proof businesses.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 22, 2021, with the headline Sustainability key to future-proofing businesses: Expert. Subscribe