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Mr. Hu Ching heads the Singapore Business Federation’s Net Zero Transition Programme Office. His team spearheads initiatives to support enterprises with their sustainability journey, such as the Council for a Competitive Climate Transition (C3T), Green 100, Singapore Emission Factors Registry, NetZeroHub.SG, Cost and Carbon Reduction Programme, sustainability advisory, and policy advocacy. These initiatives have benefitted more than 1,000 Singapore companies.
Hu Ching marries his passion for climate action and education by serving as adjunct trainer for sustainability-related executive education programmes. He was previously Climate Regulations and Reporting Specialist at climate tech startup Terrascope and launched the Singapore office of global corporate sustainability ratings agency EcoVadis. Hu Ching has a deep interest in public policy, having started his career with the Singapore Government.
He graduated from the London School of Economics, SciencesPo Paris, and Oxford University. As an undergraduate at Oxford, he helped launch the inaugural Oxford Climate Forum - the UK's largest student-run climate change event.
Offering advice and sharing knowledge based on my past experience, especially on corporate sustainability matters and government policy.
Watching the documentary film 'An Inconvenient Truth' as a teenager opened my eyes to the perils of climate change.
Since then, I have devoted my academic, professional and personal pursuits to sustainability.
My previous company Terrascope is a company whose mission is to help other enterprises measure and manage their carbon emissions comprehensively. This is so critical to ensure that the world stays on track with the Paris Agreement outcomes to avoid dangerous climate change. While headquartered in Singapore, Terrascope's ambition is global and its work drives positive impact across large enterprises around the world.
The field of sustainability – and especially the carbon sector – is broad and dynamic. Regulatory developments and carbon disclosure standards are changing rapidly and getting more complex, and people are struggling to keep up.
My team and I at SBF actively keep abreast of these developments, simplify matters, and communicate these to businesses.
More than a decade ago, as a 17-year-old student, I rallied my friends to give free educational talks to raise awareness of climate change to more than 25,000 youths across 40 schools in Singapore.
Our audience told us that they were inspired to incorporate green habits in their lives after listening to us, so I consider this to be a good first step on my life-long journey to make a green impact.