PrimeGlobal member: InCorp Global Pte Ltd

PrimeGlobal member: InCorp Global Pte Ltd Location: Singapore

Headquartered in Singapore, InCorp Global is a leading provider of corporate solutions and business advisory, with an established Asia Pacific presence across eight countries, including Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The group services more than 15,000 corporate clients across various industries, including asset/fund managers, as well as family offices.

What’s the ission state ent or oa of your fir on sustainabi ity?

At InCorp, we believe Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting is not just a responsibility but an opportunity for companies. It is essential for firms to align their long-term business goals with ESG to maximise gains and minimise new and emerging risks.

Sustainability is a core value at InCorp Global, and we endeavour to build a healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive community.

What sustainability services do you provide to your clients?

At InCorp, we accelerate the business practices in sustainability for our clients across all markets in Asia Pacific in the following areas:

• ESG Adoption to assist our clients strategically adopt ESG, consider the material topics, and comply with global reporting benchmarks that best fit their needs. • ESG Reporting to assist our clients collect data and prepare reports that comply with global standards and best-fit practices. • Independent ESG Assurance, such as internal reviews and external assurance to increase stakeholder confidence in the accuracy and reliability of the ESG information disclosed. • Sustainable Supply Chain to support companies extend their ESG practices to vendors. • ESG Rating Advisory to assist companies improve their ESG scores for all major ESG rating agencies, such as DJSI, MSCI, GRESB and CRISIL. • ESG Due Diligence to support impact funds and their asset companies by conducting ESG-based screening of prospective business partners and investment opportunities. • Decarbonisation Strategy; GHG Accounting and Reporting.

Our ESG initiatives leverage our network to deepen the understanding of environmental, social and governance challenges confronting business leaders today.

To successfully lead through the current environment, business leaders need self-awareness, resiliency and a strong team of business advisors to stay focussed on the external and internal factors that will materially drive or inhibit performance.

What services do you anticipate may be offered to clients in the future?

We plan to offer the following ESG services to clients in the future:

• Sustainable financial advisory and the ability to access different perspectives. • Sustainability for start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses and a growth mindset. • Learning and development training courses, virtual webinars, and e-learning videos in collaboration with professional bodies and institutions of higher learning.

In addition, at InCorp we hope to be the voice of our clients and engage with standards setters and regulatory agencies towards sustainable goals that make a positive difference to the world.

What will your vision/goal mean for the role of accountants and advisors?

We believe that having practical knowledge on ESG and sustainability has graduated from being merely an added skill to an essential expertise. Financial accountants and advisors are strategically positioned as trusted agents of their clients. They stand to gain exponential benefits by developing internal sustainability capabilities and by offering sustainability accounting and sustainability reporting services to their clients.

What’s your source of inspiration? book ro e ode theory etc. ?

In this fast-paced global game of change, we remain anchored in our six values-based attributes that make InCorp an inspiring company for our people – a heart for Integrity, a home for Nurturing talent, a team of Cohesive strengths, that takes Ownership, a beacon for Resilience, and a thousand points of light to ignite the passion of our people to be Proficient in their work.

As ofi Annan famously said, “Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract –sustainable development – and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people”.

We are inspired each day by the passion of our people to enable our clients to meet their sustainability agendas successfully.

We believe that a good company is not just determined by its commercial abilities, but one that is responsible and kind.

re you workin with a standard e. . B Corp S G’s?

We support global standards like B Corp, GRI, TCFD, SDGs as well as country-specific standards like SGX, HKEX, B S , etc. As part of our ESG Adoption services, we conduct a 360⁰ Analysis and a Preparedness Assessment to help our clients understand how ready they are to embark on their ESG journey. Through such in-depth analysis, we propose a recommended standard to the client.

What is your advice for other PrimeGlobal members?

At PrimeGlobal, we can go beyond balancing the books and promote green goals and help companies mitigate climate change-related risks. Being stewards of capital and corporate reporting, we play a crucial role in accelerating business practices in sustainability. PrimeGlobal members must be equipped to verify sustainability reporting as more stakeholders and investors adopt environmental, social and financial performance metrics.