2025 Wip the green effect gapThe United Nations International Corporation in Singapore (GCNS) and the Cheneider Electric, found that only a third of companies in Singapore now publicly reveals sustainability targets-after a large decrease in half (58 percent) in 2023 and 37 percent in 2024.

The poll, which conducted an interview with 1,000 executive officials in April and August 2025, aims to measure how geopolitics and economic uncertainty affected the company’s sustainability strategies in Singapore.

Nearly half (47 percent) of the people surveyed in small to medium companies, and about a third of (31 percent) for multinational companies.

Despite the lack of transparency, the report found that sustainability remains on the agenda of most Singaporeand Companies, despite the opposite winds of the macroeconomic economy and geopolitical certainty. Ninety-one percent of the respondents said that sustainability is a priority, and approximately half (49 percent) describes it as a high priority-a number that is in line with previous years.

He said nine percent of the priority of sustainability, “low” or “no”.

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This calm risk hiding real progress.

David Vogarti, CEO and CEO of the United Nations International Singapore

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However, it appears that companies are taking a more cautious approach to connecting their sustainability. While 82 percent of companies that have fixed sustainability goals say they are going on the right path or before the specified date for their goals for 2030, many of them choose not to reveal their goals.

Nearly three of every four respondents said that their organizations had been delayed by the targeted ads or presented reviews, with most of the postponements continued between two or two years.

The results appear shortly after a decision by the organizers Delaying the proposal of the climate reporting in Singapore. In September, the ACRA Accounting and Organization Authority (ACRA) and the SGX Regco exchange organization announced that the listed small companies will get an additional five years to comply, noting the “preparation gap” between companies.

The organizational postponement was intended to support companies in building the systems and the ability to high -quality disclosures. The GCNS Survey indicates that the delay may also enhance a wider direction of cautious communication of companies on sustainability, a phenomenon known as the name Greenhushing.

Data appears in the same week that the Singapore government I issued a set of guidance For companies on how to avoid Green washOr make green overdids exaggerated.

“The results we have reached show that many companies in Singapore determine and verify the goals of sustainability, which indicates a real commitment to progress. However, more than a quarter does not publicly reveal these goals, “David Vogarte, The newly appointed CEO and CEO of GCNSTell environmental works.

He said: “This calm risk hiding real progress and creating the impression that ambition is fading. The biggest transparency is vital – not only to build confidence but to show that the momentum for a more sustainable future is still strong.”

While the general disclosure diminishes, the survey recorded an increase of 12 percent in the companies that follow its progress in sustainability regularly and also seeks to verify the third party.

Investment, employment and AI in height

Investing in sustainability seems to be also increasing in Singapore. More than half (51 percent) of the respondents said that their organizations have increased the capital expenditures associated with sustainability this year, driven by concerns about energy security, access to green financing, and opportunities arising from green incentives.

Digitability, green technologies, and the sustainability of the supply chain have emerged as higher priorities for investment, each of which is of importance over the past year.

The survey also found that although more than two -thirds (76 percent) of the respondents’ organizations have created or expanded roles focusing on sustainability during the past year, 93 percent of the respondents said they were already using or planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve resources and operations.

Last month, a Singapore -based recruiter He said in an event in Hong Kong that companies are in the region Sustainability talent has been reduced at the level of beginners while clicking on artificial intelligence to perform applicable functions. The GCNS study found that data collection and reporting are the most common use of males among companies in Singapore. A global study of the use of artificial intelligence by executives, published on Tuesday, In conclusion of a similar conclusion.