{"id":8200,"date":"2022-03-07T10:42:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/?p=8200"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:42:24","slug":"dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Singapore-based financial services group DBS announced today&nbsp;the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda. According to DBS, the BSC is the first of its kind by a Singapore bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new committee is chaired by DBS CEO Piyush Gupta, and its members include current DBS board members Chng Kai Fong, Judy Lee, and Tham Sai Choy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bank outlined some of the material ESG matters that the BSC will oversee, including DBS\u2019 strategies and targets related to its sustainability pillars &#8211; responsible banking, responsible business practices, and creating impact beyond banking, as well as sustainable development goals, climate-related matters, sustainability disclosures, stakeholder engagement and governance on sustainability matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DBS CEO Piyush Gupta said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cDBS takes our role in building a sustainable future very seriously. That is why our commitments to driving the transition to a net-zero world were made only after we had some line of sight towards a viable course of action that is constructive and impactful. This included first establishing a clear handle on our financed emissions, mapping out viable transition pathways for different industry sectors, and developing a taxonomy that guides conversations with customers in their transition. In line with these efforts, it was timely to establish a Board Sustainability Committee to oversee the complex and extensive work being done as we further weave ESG into the fabric of our business.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-8200\" data-postid=\"8200\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-8200 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore-based financial services group DBS announced today&nbsp;the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda. According to DBS, the BSC is the first of its kind by a Singapore bank. The new committee is chaired by DBS CEO Piyush Gupta, and its members include current DBS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DBS announced\u00a0the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DBS announced\u00a0the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ESG Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ESGToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-07T10:42:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-07T10:42:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DBS.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"511\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emanuela Kerencheva\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EsgToday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EsgToday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emanuela Kerencheva\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emanuela Kerencheva\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcdbeafac5cb38bf9c77e2c04ce8280b\"},\"headline\":\"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-07T10:42:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-07T10:42:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Governance\",\"Sustainable Finance\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/\",\"name\":\"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-07T10:42:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-07T10:42:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"DBS announced\u00a0the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/\",\"name\":\"ESG Today\",\"description\":\"ESG investing news, analysis, research and information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ESG Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ESG-Today-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ESG-Today-Logo.png\",\"width\":618,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"ESG Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ESGToday\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EsgToday\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/esg-today\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcdbeafac5cb38bf9c77e2c04ce8280b\",\"name\":\"Emanuela Kerencheva\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/063ebbe0d286f102778711a64ae8e7ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/063ebbe0d286f102778711a64ae8e7ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Emanuela Kerencheva\"},\"description\":\"Emanuela Kerencheva a Senior Student at the American University in Bulgaria majoring in Journalism and Mass Communications and Business Administration.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emanuela-kerencheva\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/author\/emanuela\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda","description":"DBS announced\u00a0the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda","og_description":"DBS announced\u00a0the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/","og_site_name":"ESG Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ESGToday\/","article_published_time":"2022-03-07T10:42:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-07T10:42:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":511,"url":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DBS.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Emanuela Kerencheva","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EsgToday","twitter_site":"@EsgToday","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emanuela Kerencheva","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/"},"author":{"name":"Emanuela Kerencheva","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcdbeafac5cb38bf9c77e2c04ce8280b"},"headline":"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda","datePublished":"2022-03-07T10:42:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-07T10:42:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/"},"wordCount":246,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Governance","Sustainable Finance"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/","url":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/","name":"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-03-07T10:42:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-07T10:42:24+00:00","description":"DBS announced\u00a0the launch of a Board Sustainability Committee (BSC) to provide added governance and oversee the bank\u2019s sustainability agenda.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dbs-launches-board-committee-with-oversight-on-sustainability-agenda\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DBS Launches Board Committee with Oversight on Sustainability Agenda"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/","name":"ESG Today","description":"ESG investing news, analysis, research and information","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#organization","name":"ESG Today","url":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ESG-Today-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ESG-Today-Logo.png","width":618,"height":350,"caption":"ESG Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ESGToday\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/EsgToday","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/esg-today\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dcdbeafac5cb38bf9c77e2c04ce8280b","name":"Emanuela Kerencheva","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/063ebbe0d286f102778711a64ae8e7ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/063ebbe0d286f102778711a64ae8e7ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Emanuela Kerencheva"},"description":"Emanuela Kerencheva a Senior Student at the American University in Bulgaria majoring in Journalism and Mass Communications and Business Administration.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emanuela-kerencheva\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/author\/emanuela\/"}]}},"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}