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By The Bay hosted its second Business Leaders Series in September 2022, which focused on the hot topic of sustainability. Guest speakers were notable experts in the sustainability sector, namely Prescott Gaylord, Head of Sustainability — Corporate Real Estate Strategy & Administration, DBS, and Rajen Makhijani, Associate Client Partner, ESG and Organizational Strategy & Leadership, Korn Ferry.
Raffles Quay Asset Management (RQAM) is the Asset Manager of One Raffles Quay, Marina Bay Financial Centre and Marina Bay Link Mall, which forms the brand portfolio known as By The Bay.
In his welcome address, Ben Robinson, RQAM’s CEO acknowledged how ESG is increasingly an integral part of business strategy for businesses and a journey that most, if not all of us are on at the moment.
He added that a key component of RQAM's platform is BayGreen, BayGive, BayLearn, and BayWatch, which support the portfolio and corporate community in their ESG journeys, as well as helping them better understand how staff and the broader community interact with their space, and the portfolio they occupy, respectively.
We sum up some of the best takeaways from each speaker below.
Mr Prescott Gaylord
Head of Sustainability, Corporate Real Estate Strategy and Administration, DBS
Prescott's work in sustainable construction, sustainable design, and corporate environmental transition has led him to his current drive to increase impact of green corporate policies. He has spoken on sustainability in the built environment at conferences in Washington DC, Chicago, Baltimore, Monaco, and Singapore.
Mr Rajen Makhijani
Associate Client Partner, ESG and Organisational Strategy & Leadership, Korn Ferry Consulting
Rajen brings a 360-stakeholder view and ecosystem approach in serving clients on their ESG, Sustainability and Purpose agenda. He has diverse experience advising leaders in business, society, politics, bureaucracy, UN, private equity, foundations, family businesses and academia. Having served MNCs and local clients across two dozen countries in Asia and Africa, he also serves as the voice of emerging markets, on matters of sustainability and ESG.
If you would like to collaborate with RQAM on Business Leaders Series as part of your organisation’s initiatives or nominate leaders in your organisation to join our upcoming sessions, write to us at management@rqam.com.sg.