PRESS RELEASES (SUSTAINABILITY)


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13/12/22 CDL is the Only Singapore Company Listed on the CDP A list for Fifth Consecutive Year and Maintained ‘AAA’ Rating on MSCI ESG Index Since 2010
30/11/22 CDL Amongst 25 Companies Recognised for Steward Leadership Excellence in Asia-Pacific Region
09/11/22 CDL Pledges to Support COP27 Action Declaration to Strengthen Climate Policy Engagement
04/09/22 Youth4Climate Festival Makes An In-Person Return In Support of President’s Challenge and Singapore’s Climate Action Week
31/08/22 Sustainability Connect and Sustainable Finance Research Hub Announce Partnership to launch CESGA exam in Singapore
16/06/22 CDL Ranked Top Amongst Singapore Companies for Gender Equality on Equileap’s APAC Special Report 2022
11/04/22 Change the Present, Save the Ocean – An Exhibition on the Ocean Crisis and Global Commitment on Marine Conservation
06/04/22 CDL Wins Top Accolade and Highest Number of Gold Awards at 7th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards
30/03/22 CDL’s Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 Zeroes in on Bolder Decarbonisation Targets
26/01/22 CDL Listed on Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2022 for Fifth Consecutive Year
19/01/22 CDL Ranked 5th Most Sustainable Corporation in the World and Top Real Estate Company Globally
12/01/22 CDL and GGC Launch Sustainability Connect to Address Strong Demand for ESG Training
10/01/22 CDL Receives First-Of-Its-Kind Plastic Neutrality Certification for Building in Partnership with Seven Clean Seas
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22/12/21 CDL Renews SBTi-validated GHG Emissions Reduction Targets to Align with COP26 1.5°C Warmer Scenario
07/12/21 CDL Only Singapore Company Listed on CDP A List for Fourth Consecutive Year
04/11/21 CDL Receives Prestigious HRH The Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta Seal
01/11/21 CDL Offsets Emissions with High-quality Carbon Credits Purchased from Climate Impact X Pilot Auction
19/10/21 CDL Recognised as GRESB 2021 Global Sector Leader for Diversified – Office/Retail Category for its Robust Decarbonisation Efforts
06/09/21 CDL Secures Discount for its First-of-its-kind Sustainability-linked Loan on SDG Innovation
31/08/21 CDL and MCL Land Jointly Secure Green Loans Totalling S$847 Million for Two Upcoming Residential Developments
16/08/21 CDL Only Recipient of 2021 Workplace Safety and Health Developer Award
14/07/21 Change the Present, Save the Future – An Exhibition on Building Climate Resilience through Global Collaboration
23/06/21 CDL Wins the Most Number of Awards at 6th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards
15/04/21 CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2021 Spotlights its Adaptable and Resilient ESG Strategy
13/04/21 South Beach Secures S$1.22 Billion Green Loan from DBS, UOB, Maybank, SMBC and OCBC
03/02/21 CDL Pledges Net Zero Operations By 2030 – First Singapore Real Estate Developer Signatory of WorldGBC Commitment
28/01/21 CDL Only Singapore Real Estate Company on Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2021
25/01/21 CDL Ranked Global 100’s Most Sustainable Company in Real Estate and Singapore
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30/12/20 CDL Secures S$470 million Green Revolving Credit Facility; Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Expand its Green Financing Streams
08/12/20 CDL Maintains Double ‘A’s in 2020 CDP A List And Top Scores in GRESB, DJSI, MSCI And Sustainalytics Ratings as Sustainability Deemed Mainstream in a Challenging Year
27/07/20 CDL Wins Most Sustainable Real Estate Company in 2020 World Finance Awards
05/06/20 CDL Celebrates World Environment Day 2020 With Meaningful Climate-themed Initiatives
04/05/20 CDL Only Singapore Company to Win Multiple Accolades at 5th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards
28/04/20 CDL Enhances Rental Relief and Support for Tenants Affected by Extended Circuit Breaker Measures to Over S$23 Million
13/04/20 CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2020 Discloses ESG Performance Aligned with Global Standards, and Strategy to Accelerate Climate Action in the Built Environment
06/04/20 CDL Commits Rental Relief and Support Initiatives Totalling Over S$17 Million for Tenants
09/03/20 CDL Scores Double ‘A’s for 2019 CDP Corporate Leadership in Climate Action and Water Security
21/01/20 CDL Listed on Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2020 for Third Consecutive Year
21/01/20 CDL Ranked Top Real Estate & Top Singapore Company in Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in The World
20/01/20 CDL Only Company in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong Recognised in 2019 CDP A List For Corporate Climate Action
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04/09/19 CDL and DBS Set Benchmark on Innovation-focused Financing for Sustainable Development
27/07/19 CDL SDG City Challenge – 3P Partnership Promotes Healthy, Sustainable Lifestyles
21/07/19 CDL Youth4Climate Fest 2019 Rallies Youth To Accelerate Climate Action
21/06/19 Singapore’s Greening Journey – 200 Years and Beyond
05/04/19 CDL Expands Green Financing Streams from Bonds to Loans – Singapore’s First Green Loans for New Property Developments
28/03/19 CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2019 – Accelerating Action for Sustained Growth in a Low-Carbon Economy and Climate-Resilient Future
02/03/19 Zero Waste Couture Makes its Debut at EcoBank 2019
22/01/19 CDL Ranked Top Singapore Company in Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
22/01/19 CDL Recognised in CDP Global A-List for Corporate Climate Action
16/01/19 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2019 – CDL is the Only Singapore Real Estate Management and Development Company Listed on the Global Index for Two Consecutive Years
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20/10/18 CDL Holds Inaugural SDG City Challenge – First 3P Partnership to Promote United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Singapore
20/09/18 GRESB 2018 – CDL Tops Office Sector in Asia
19/09/18 CDL Chief Sustainability Officer Ms. Esther An Honoured as a 2018 United Nations Global Compact SDG Pioneer
18/07/18 CDL Accelerates Climate Change Strategy
05/06/18 CDL and Global Initiatives Launch Singapore Series of UN Environment’s #BeatPlasticPollution Campaign
22/05/18 BCA Awards 2018 – CDL Conferred Pinnacle Inaugural Built Environment Leadership Platinum Star Award
17/05/18 Next-Gen Tech-Driven Work Spaces Open at CDL’s Republic Plaza
02/05/18 CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2018: On Track to Achieve Sustainability Goals amid Increased Regulations, Green Consumerism and Investment
02/03/18 EcoBank 2018 returns for third year to ‘Save Our Stuff’!
23/01/18 CDL is the Longest-Running Singapore Company in Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
23/01/18 CDL & DBS Make Bloomberg’s Global Gender-Equality Index
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24/10/17 CDL Emerged as the Highest Scoring Singapore Real Estate Company for its 2017 Climate Change Response
01/10/17 CDL Introduces Healthy Eating to Construction Workers – Over 1.5 Tonnes of Fortified Rice Distributed to Some 300 Workers
12/09/17 Singapore Sustainability Reporting Awards: Making Business Sense of Sustainability Performance – CDL Recognised for Outstanding Value Creation Model and Strategic Reporting
13/06/17 BCA Awards 2017 – CDL is the Most-Awarded Private-Sector Property Developer
05/06/17 CDL and SEAS Officially Open Singapore Sustainability Academy
15/05/17 CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2017: Introducing CDL Future Value 2030 – A Blueprint to Future-Proof CDL’s Business
06/04/17 CDL Issues the First Green Bond by a Singapore Company
24/02/17 Be a Zero-Waste Hero: The Return of EcoBank
21/01/17 Launch of “Learning Space @ Limbang” to Empower Children and Youths from Low-Income Families
17/01/17 CDL Ranked Top Singapore Company in Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in The World
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24/11/16 CDL Spearheads Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Excellence Pledge with Key Partners in Supply Chain
06/09/16 6th CDL Singapore Young Photographer Award Adds Fresh Angle with New ‘On the Move’ Category
05/08/16 CDL and SEAS Launch Singapore Sustainability Academy
26/05/16 BCA Awards 2016 – CDL Extends Lead in Tenant Engagement as the Most-Awarded Developer in Green Mark Pearl Category
18/05/16 CDL Integrated Sustainability Report 2016 – Disclosing and Making Business Sense of Robust Environmental, Social and Governance Performance
09/04/16 Tertiary Students Spark Off Ideas for Green Community Space atop City Square Mall
02/04/16 Youths Make The Smart Move in CDL’s Smart Nation Race
22/03/16 NUS and CDL Partner to Develop Novel Technologies for Smart, Green Living
26/01/16 CDL Ranked Top Real Estate Company & Top 10 in Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in The World
16/01/16 Eco-Business and CDL Officially Launch Singapore’s First EcoBank
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29/12/15 Reuse and Reduce for Good: Singapore’s First EcoBank Launched by CDL and Eco-Business
07/10/15 Mr Kwek Leng Joo Conferred Singapore’s Highest Environmental Accolade – President’s Award for the Environment 2015
07/10/15 Channel NewsAsia Sustainability Ranking 2015 – CDL Named Asia’s Top Property Developer and Top Singapore Company for Second Year Running
30/07/15 Artist for SG50 Commemorative Sculpture Revealed
02/06/15 CDL Emerges the Only World Gold Winner from Singapore at the Fiabci World Prix d’Excellence Awards 2015
20/05/15 CDL’s 2015 Sustainability Report – Making Business Sense of its Sustainability Performance
14/05/15 BCA Awards 201 5: CDL is the most-awarded developer and biggest winner of the inaugural Green Mark Pearl Award
02/03/15 CDL Management and Employee Volunteers Bring Festive Cheer to Henderson Senior Citizens’ Home Residents
22/01/15 CDL is the First and Only Singapore Company Named Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for Six Consecutive Years
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11/11/14 A New Sculpture for the People’s Museum: Open call for SG50 commemorative sculpture at the National Museum of Singapore
08/11/14 Construction Workers At CDL’s New Worksites To Get Computers And Free Wi-Fi
24/10/14 CDL And Tuas Power Jointly Develop And Launch A Digital Energy Monitoring Portal For Commercial Tenants
14/10/14 CDL Is The First Developer In Asia To Adopt Large-Scale Prefab Construction Technology
15/09/14 CDL Named Asia’s Top Property Developer In Channel NewsAsia’s Inaugural Sustainability Ranking
13/08/14 Budding Talents Unveiled At The 5th CDL Singapore Young Photographer Award
14/07/14 Youths “Escaped” Climate Crisis at CDL E-Generation Challenge 2014
11/06/14 CDL Sets World Record for Largest Vertical Garden
22/05/14 CDL Leads As The Most Awarded Private Developer At BCA Awards 2014
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29/11/13 SBG Heritage Museum and CDL Green Gallery Open
02/10/13 The 5th CDL Singapore Sculpture Award Exhibition Celebrates Local Talent
06/09/13 CDL Celebrates 50 Golden Years
18/06/13 CDL Publishes Sixth Sustainability Report: “Changing the Landscape”
31/05/13 My Tree House – World’s 1st Green Library for Kids Opens Today”
16/05/13 First Developer to Receive Prestigious Quality Excellence Award – Quality Champion (Platinum) and Construction Productivity Award – Advocates (Platinum) at BCA Awards 2013
16/05/13 CDL’s Double Honours at Prestigious RoSPA Awards 2013
10/05/13 New Museum and Gallery to be developed at the Singapore Botanic Gardens – CDL Green Gallery to be Singapore’s first zero energy gallery, using eco-innovative technologies introduced to Singapore for the first time
16/04/13 CDL E-Generation Challenge 2013 – Largest Eco Adventure Race To Date
18/03/13 Students Showcase Innovative Ideas in Greening Show Suite at Green Sparks Competition
23/01/13 Davos World Economic Forum 2013 – Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations names CDL as Top Ranked Company in Singapore and Asia Ex-Japan for 2013 & Only Singapore Company Listed for four consecutive years
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31/10/12 Exemplary Builders Honoured at the 8th CDL 5-Star EHS Awards
02/10/12 Green Property Pioneer CDL Sets Another Sustainability Milestone
25/09/12 CDL Honoured with 2012 Asia Pacific Green Builder of the Year Award
31/07/12 CDL Singapore Young Photographer Award 2012 Discovers Promising Gems
04/07/12 CDL is First Singapore Property Developer to publish a GRI-Checked Level A+ Sustainability Report
24/05/12 Most Honoured Private Developer at BCA Awards 2012
22/05/12 First Landed Housing Estate To Go Platinum
09/05/12 My Tree House: World’s 1st Green Library for Kids – A National Library Board and City Developments Limited Collaboration
20/04/12 Earth Day Eco-Adventure – 380 Youths Measure Their Carbon Shoe Sizes at the Third CDL E-Generation Challenge
23/02/12 Project: Eco-Office turns 10 – Programme gets makeover as CDL and SEC set bold targets for 2012
27/01/12 CDL Listed in Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations for Third Consecutive Year
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17/10/11 Unearthing and Nurturing Young Photographic Talents – The 4th CDL Singapore Young Photographer Award offers Greater Scope & More Attractive Prizes
06/10/11 Measuring up to International Best Practices – CDL is the Only Singapore Developer listed on both Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and FTSE4Good Index Series
24/08/11 Nurturing a New Generation of Business Leaders – Inaugural CDL-Singapore Compact Young CSR Leaders Award
18/08/11 Raising Productivity through Excellence in Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Practices at Worksites – CDL Applauds Exemplary Builders
27/06/11 CDL – First Company in Singapore to address ISO 26000:2010 Guidelines in its Sustainability Report 2011
19/05/11 CDL Wins Inaugural BCA Green Mark Platinum Champion Award
09/04/11 E-Live, E-Work and E-Play for 280 Youths at the CDL E-Generation Challenge 2011
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09/12/10 CDL: Leads the Way in Voluntarily Aligning its Social Responsibility Practices with ISO 26000:2010 Guidelines
01/09/10 Green Sparks to Enhance Energy Efficiency of Existing Buildings Unveiled
05/08/10 CDL: Olympic-themed Sculptures Unveiled at Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade
27/07/10 CDL Sets New CSR Milestone as the First Company in Singapore to Achieve the International AA1000AS (2008) Assurance Standard for Sustainability Reporting
30/06/10 CDL Celebrates Double Win at the 2nd Annual Global CSR Summit & Awards 2010 for CSR Leadership & Environmental Excellence
26/05/10 CDL Sustains Its Leadership in Green Building with 40 BCA Green Mark Awards to-date
17/04/10 Ready, Get Set, Go Green! Youths Celebrate Earth Day by Covering 2,300km Using Green Transport via the CDL E-Generation Challenge
16/04/10 URA, CDL and SYOGOC Join Hands to Introduce Olympic-themed Art Sculptures at Marina Bay
01/04/10 BCA and CDL Organise First Competition to Green Existing Building – The BCA-CDL Green Sparks Competition

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