Vision
The company has been founded with the vison of expanding the capacity to make research based informed decisions in balancing social inclusion, environmental stewardship & economic prosperity.
Approach
In recent years both private and public sector organizations are rushing to embrace sustainability as the impact of climate change is becoming more evident often without having a clear understanding of sustainability and the relevant metrics. There are multiple international standards and frameworks of sustainability accounting that have been emerging to address the practical issues, although it is often making it difficult for the decision makers to find the relevant and appropriate sustainability measurement frameworks.
There is a significant capacity gap in the regulatory organizations regulating sustainability policies, business organizations seeking the appropriate sustainability management strategies and financial intermediaries identifying the right sustainable asset and transactions to finance.
In this context, we intend to assist private and public sector organization in building capacity and making research-based decision for embracing sustainability.
We recognize that sustainability challenges are multifaceted and multidisciplinary which requires a multidisciplinary and multilateral solution approaches. Hence, we have built our team to represent a multi-disciplinary network of sustainability professionals from Asia, Australia, and Europe with experiences in the private sector, with government agencies and academic institutions.
ASIF IQBAL SIDDIQUI,
PhD, MBA, MSS
Director, ESG & Sustainability
Senior Visiting Scholar, Economic Growth Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics & Business, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel, Indonesia
Dr. Siddiqui is trained in environmental economics and has more than 25 years’ experience in multi-stakeholder setup working with universities, NGOs, industries, and government agencies, promoting business cases for sustainable development since joining the Green Accounting Initiative of IUCN-World Bank as an Environmental Economist in 1997.
Subsequently, he led projects on economic cost of ASEAN transboundary pollution, ASEAN carbon market, SDG localisation in Bangladesh, corporate sustainability, ESG due diligence, sustainable finance and climate policy with private and public sector clients and collaborators in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh.
He obtained his BA (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University, MSS in Economics from National University of Singapore (NUS) and MBA from Murdoch University. He wrote his PhD thesis on Sustainable Investment and Venture Capital in Australia at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute.
He has had teaching positions with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Sydney University and Curtin University; research and visiting positions with ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), Economic Growth Centre (NTU), College of Mining (MISIS, Russia), among others.
CONSTANZE ELISABETH MEIER,
BBA (AUSTRIA)
Senior Manager, Sustainability communications
Ms Meier has more than ten years of managerial experiences working internationally in Germany, Austria, Canada, Dubai and Singapore with medical technology, healthcare, and tourism. She has also been active in training and capacity building in medical rehabilitation technology with DIH Pte Ltd and Canadian Specialist Hospital across APAC and Middle East.
In recent years, she has been focusing on sustainability practices in the healthcare industry, ESG strategies and SDG Localization adding to her managerial portfolio. In 2022, she successfully added her ESG certification from the Corporate Financial Institute. She is also holding position as a researcher with the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute specializing in circular economy, green urbanization, and SDG localization.
Ms Meier has obtained bachelor’s degree in business administration at IMC FH Krems in Austria. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Environment and Climate Emergency at Curtin University, Australia.
OUR TEAM
Management
ASIF IQBAL SIDDIQUI
Director, Circular Economics Pte Ltd
PhD, MBA, MSS (Environmental Economics), Senior Visiting Scholar, Economic Growth Centre, NTU, Singapore; Adj Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Australia
Expertise: ESG strategies, Carbon market, Green finance, SDG localization &, Climate policy Dr Asif Siddiqui, trained as an environmental economist and has more than 25 years’ experience in multi-stakeholder setup working with universities, NGOs, industries, and government agencies. He is one of the pioneers in promoting business cases for sustainable development since joining the Green Accounting Initiative of IUCN-World Bank as an Environmental Economist in 1997. He led numerous projects on the economic cost of transboundary pollution, carbon market, SDG localization, corporate sustainability, ESG due diligence, sustainable finance, and climate policy with private and public sector clients and collaborators in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh.
He obtained his BA (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University, MSS in Economics from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and MBA from Murdoch University. He wrote his PhD thesis on sustainable investment and venture capital industry in Australia at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute.He has been invited to international conferences and events in Australia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Europe as a keynote speaker and/or panelist talking about ESG, climate finance, carbon market, energy transition, and sustainable development. He was also invited to speak at the special session on sustainability of the 36th Singapore Economic Roundtable and nominated for the Singapore Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (SICCI) Sustainability Award 2024.
CONSTANZE ELISABETH MEIER
Director, Sustainability Communications, Circular Economics Pte Ltd
BBA, GDip (Climate Emergency), PhD Candidate (Population Health)
Expertise: ESG reporting, Circularity in healthcare & Climate-related health impacts
Constanze Elisabeth Meier has more than ten years of managerial experience working internationally in Germany, Austria, Canada, Dubai, Australia, and Singapore. She specializes in climate-related health impacts and ESG issues in the healthcare industry. She has obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from IMC FH Krems (Austria), a Graduate Diploma in climate emergency from Curtin University (Australia), and an ESG Certification from the Corporate Financial Institute (CFI). She is also pursuing a PhD with the World Health Organization Collaborative Centre (WHOCC) for climate change and health impact assessment at Curtin University, specializing in climate change-induced health impact in lower and middle-income countries. In her role as Research Assistant for the WHOCC, she supported the literature review on climate change and health impact for the Department of Health, Federal Government of Australia.
Dinh Quoc Thai Hoang
Manager, Digital Marketing, Circular Economics Pte Ltd
BA (English) MBA (Curtin University)
Expertise: AI & Digitalization
A strongly global-minded education professional who developed his all-rounded expertise via holding various positions in the international education industry across the world. Starting his career in the Vietnamese education industry, he obtained global insights and extensive experience via accomplishing his MBA overseas and working for an international Australia-based training organisation.
Throughout his professional years, he was able to rub elbows and collaborate with educators and institutional agents at various levels—from private agencies to governmental departments, and from different parts of the world such as Vietnam, Australia and Southeast Asian countries. He possesses a cultivated can-do attitude that fully releases the power of his obtained transferrable skills, especially in the face of changes or adversities and in tackling new problems.
His educated and practised human capital understanding also allows him to build effective and efficient teamwork mechanisms and robust relationships with teammates/colleagues.
Consultants
ROQIBUL HUQ
B Archi, M Archi, Member of Singapore Institute of Architects (ASIA)
Expertise: Green built environment, Design thinking & planning
Rokibul Huq, is a Designer with experience of working on a vast array of projects, ranging from Offices, Mixed Used Developments, Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Institutional and Master Planning projects.
Having spent more than 10 years leading projects in Southeast Asia and South Asian region, bringing projects through Concept design to Documentation and execution of Contract Administration. Roki has gained valuable experience and understanding of each countries culture, traditions as well as design values.
Rokibul takes pride in assisting clients and working with them closely, tailoring projects to their needs and vision. With his experience of collaboration and coordination with various consultants ranging from C&S, M&E, Landscape and other specialist, he manages the project to ensure that the design and technical aspects are worked out in a holistic fashion while retaining the project’s essence and client’s vision.
OSMAN E FAIZ
B Com, MBA; Founder of Asia FiiT &Fellow, Financial Services Institute, Singapore
Expertise: Digital banking, Financial sector & responsible investment
Osman E Faiz, the Founder of Asia FiiT, a strategic FinTech partner for the banking and financial services industry in their business operation transformation, digital banking and digitalisation journey. Mr. Faiz has over 25 years of international banking and FinTech experiences across different countries. Established AMTD Digital in Singapore as the integrated digital financial services platform arm of AMTD Group. Previously, he served in a variety of senior leadership roles including CIO of Singapore, COO of Singapore and Bangladesh, Global Head of Business Implementation - Core Banking at Standard Chartered as well as Head of Operations at Permata Bank in Indonesia.
Mr. Faiz has served seven years as a director of Singapore Clearing House Association (SCHA) and was awarded the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Singapore Fellow Award in Technology and Operations. He was named as the Industry Co-Chair of KYC 2.0 together with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks (ABS), Singapore.
In his continuing work as a thought leader and ally for diversity and inclusion, Mr Faiz was awarded the Gender Equality Impact Award organized by United Women Singapore from the President of Singapore Mdm Halimah Yacob, for his continuous and consistent efforts to advance gender equality and empowerment of women in the workplace and community, across banking to Fintech industries. His contribution for the cause has been well recognised by Financial Times (FT), Yahoo Finance, YouTube and INvolve as the global top 50 Champion of Women in Business and the HER`oes top Advocates for Women in Business in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021and 2023.
WAYNE SIEW
BE Electrical Engineering (NTU), MSc Applied Finance (SMU)
Expertise: Corporate governance & Energy efficiency
Wayne Siew, Serial Entrepreneur and EnterpriseSG Recognized Expert Business Consultant. For 25 years, Wayne Siew has been supporting businesses from around the world to grow their sales, spend money wisely and leapfrog their competition. He started his career in IT Infrastructure with P&G and HP, and moved into Business to Business Sales with British Telecoms, IBM, Oracle and Microsoft.
Since 2015, he has been supporting business leaders across Asia, Europe and the Middle East to build a strengthen their businesses. Wayne has taught at the Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Post-Doctoral levels for NTU. NUS and SMU, as well as the World-Renown KAIST University in South Korea. His latest ventures help bring Singapore Businesses into the Global Marketplace, especially the USA and Korea, and supporting the Global Startup Ecosystem in Singapore.
Wayne has a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from NTU, and a Masters of Science from SMU. He also has a Diploma in Adult Continuing Education, a Specialist Diploma in Leadership and People Development, and a Diploma in Fund Management and Fund Administration. He is a certified Expert Singapore Certified Management Consultant with TÜV SÜD, under the internationally recognized SS 680:2021 standard by the Enterprise Singapore Quality and Safety Standards Committee.
SIMON WOODS
ATIQ ZAMAN
PhD in Env. Management, MSc in Env. Eng; BSc in Civil and Env. Eng. Associate Professor, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute
Expertise: Circular economy & waste management
Dr Atiq Zaman is an Associate Professor specializing in circular economy and zero waste practices at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Western Australia. He is a member of the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET), an independent advisory council to the United Nations Secretary-General. Additionally, Dr Zaman is the Curtin Node Leader for the Australian National Environmental Science Program on Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, funded by the Commonwealth Government. He holds the Circular Economy Research Lead role at the Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre and the Curtin Institute for Energy Transition. Dr Zaman is also a founding Co-director of the Global South Nexus, a research cluster promoting collaboration between the global North and South. He co-authored the book "Zero-Waste: Reconsidering Waste Management for the Future," published by Routledge.
ABU YOUSUF SWAPAN
PhD, MArch, BA (Architecture); Member of the Planning Institute of Australia
Expertise: Urban design & sustainable built environment
Dr. Swapan is a recognized expert in sustainable built environments, with over 15 years of experience in urban design. He collaborates with universities, research organizations, and stakeholders. He has worked on numerous urban design projects in Singapore and Germany. Dr. Swapan has led projects focused on sustainable construction, green buildings, architecture and residential development within Australian inner-city neighborhood. He has been teaching at Curtin University, Australia and currently involved in Public Service Australia. He earned his PhD from Curtin University, Australia, a Master of Architecture degree from Germany, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh. Dr. Swapan has a strong interest in sustainable development, built environments, and urban design both in Australia and internationally.
ROBERTO M
ZACH LEE
Honorary Advisors
DORA MARINIVA
Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
THOMAS THOMAS
CEO ASEAN CSR Network Ltd
ASIF IQBAL SIDDIQUI
Director, Circular Economics Pte Ltd
PhD, MBA, MSS (Environmental Economics), Senior Visiting Scholar, Economic Growth Centre, NTU, Singapore; Adj Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Australia
Expertise: ESG strategies, Carbon market, Green finance, SDG localization &, Climate policy
Dr Asif Siddiqui, trained as an environmental economist and has more than 25 years’ experience in multi-stakeholder setup working with universities, NGOs, industries, and government agencies. He is one of the pioneers in promoting business cases for sustainable development since joining the Green Accounting Initiative of IUCN-World Bank as an Environmental Economist in 1997. He led numerous projects on the economic cost of transboundary pollution, carbon market, SDG localization, corporate sustainability, ESG due diligence, sustainable finance, and climate policy with private and public sector clients and collaborators in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh.
He obtained his BA (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University, MSS in Economics from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and MBA from Murdoch University. He wrote his PhD thesis on sustainable investment and venture capital industry in Australia at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute.He has been invited to international conferences and events in Australia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Europe as a keynote speaker and/or panelist talking about ESG, climate finance, carbon market, energy transition, and sustainable development. He was also invited to speak at the special session on sustainability of the 36th Singapore Economic Roundtable and nominated for the Singapore Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (SICCI) Sustainability Award 2024.
CONSTANZE ELISABETH MEIER
Director, Sustainability Communications, Circular Economics Pte Ltd
BBA, GDip (Climate Emergency), PhD Candidate (Population Health)
Expertise: ESG reporting, Circularity in healthcare & Climate-related health impacts
Constanze Elisabeth Meier has more than ten years of managerial experience working internationally in Germany, Austria, Canada, Dubai, Australia, and Singapore. She specializes in climate-related health impacts and ESG issues in the healthcare industry. She has obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from IMC FH Krems (Austria), a Graduate Diploma in climate emergency from Curtin University (Australia), and an ESG Certification from the Corporate Financial Institute (CFI). She is also pursuing a PhD with the World Health Organization Collaborative Centre (WHOCC) for climate change and health impact assessment at Curtin University, specializing in climate change-induced health impact in lower and middle-income countries. In her role as Research Assistant for the WHOCC, she supported the literature review on climate change and health impact for the Department of Health, Federal Government of Australia.
ASIF IQBAL SIDDIQUI
Director, Circular Economics Pte Ltd
PhD, MBA, MSS (Environmental Economics), Senior Visiting Scholar, Economic Growth Centre, NTU, Singapore; Adj Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Australia
Expertise: ESG strategies, Carbon market, Green finance, SDG localization &, Climate policy
Dr Asif Siddiqui, trained as an environmental economist and has more than 25 years’ experience in multi-stakeholder setup working with universities, NGOs, industries, and government agencies. He is one of the pioneers in promoting business cases for sustainable development since joining the Green Accounting Initiative of IUCN-World Bank as an Environmental Economist in 1997. He led numerous projects on the economic cost of transboundary pollution, carbon market, SDG localization, corporate sustainability, ESG due diligence, sustainable finance, and climate policy with private and public sector clients and collaborators in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh.
He obtained his BA (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University, MSS in Economics from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and MBA from Murdoch University. He wrote his PhD thesis on sustainable investment and venture capital industry in Australia at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute.He has been invited to international conferences and events in Australia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Europe as a keynote speaker and/or panelist talking about ESG, climate finance, carbon market, energy transition, and sustainable development. He was also invited to speak at the special session on sustainability of the 36th Singapore Economic Roundtable and nominated for the Singapore Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (SICCI) Sustainability Award 2024.
CONSTANZE ELISABETH MEIER
Director, Sustainability Communications, Circular Economics Pte Ltd
BBA, GDip (Climate Emergency), PhD Candidate (Population Health)
Expertise: ESG reporting, Circularity in healthcare & Climate-related health impacts
Constanze Elisabeth Meier has more than ten years of managerial experience working internationally in Germany, Austria, Canada, Dubai, Australia, and Singapore. She specializes in climate-related health impacts and ESG issues in the healthcare industry. She has obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from IMC FH Krems (Austria), a Graduate Diploma in climate emergency from Curtin University (Australia), and an ESG Certification from the Corporate Financial Institute (CFI). She is also pursuing a PhD with the World Health Organization Collaborative Centre (WHOCC) for climate change and health impact assessment at Curtin University, specializing in climate change-induced health impact in lower and middle-income countries. In her role as Research Assistant for the WHOCC, she supported the literature review on climate change and health impact for the Department of Health, Federal Government of Australia.