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ESG Journey: What’s The Path and Framework for SMEs?

Margie Ong, CEO, Thoughts In Gear

25-Oct-23 12:00

ESG Journey: What’s The Path and Framework for SMEs?

Between Budget 2024, the newly announced ESG Jumpstart portal for SMEs, the Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide for SMEs released last week, and the overall larger push towards ESG standards and adoption by various Malaysian bodies, the landscape can look quite complex for businesses.

To help make clearer the ESG path and its impact on businesses, we speak to Margie Ong, the CEO of Thoughts In Gear.

Produced by: Carol Wong

Presented by: Roshan Kanesan, Richard Bradbury


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Categories:  technologyenvironmentSMEentrepreneurs

Tags:  esg frameworkssmessustainabilityesg





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