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-===== Project =====
-==== Introduction ====
-We are a group of mid-career learners attending the Sustainability course conduced by SIM.
-In the course, we have learnt the fundamentals of Sustainability Reporting. This is something that is currently required of companies listed on SGX, which will soon require such reports to be externally assured (like financial auditing). In time to come, these requirements will extend to smaller companies and organisations such as yours.
+===== Project Management =====
-We would like to work with you, without charge pro bono, to help you embark on your sustainability journey. Besides preparing for upcoming regulatory compliance, it will help companies and organisations deal with long term concerns.
+Trainer: Arul
-Quick summary:
+https://padlet.com/lavanya_a0/sctp-cohort-23-ut4smy3dju2qodsr
-  * Currently, listed companies already required by SGX to publish their SRs
-  * ⁠ACRA will in coming years require such reports by listcos and large companies to be assured
-  * that's all the regulations announced and published thus far
-  * because there are already many SR examples published, companies cannot plead ignorance if/ when Acra makes it mandatory
-  * and as the number of certified sustainability assurers grow, so will pressure to improve SR quality
-  * finally, sustainability is not only about regulatory compliance: it's also about risk mgt, competitiveness and talent acquisition/ retention.
-as you have noted, SRs is only mandatory for listed and large companies. there is currently no hint of making them mandatory anytime in the foreeable horizon. we are only speculating that they will eventually come, but we have no idea when.
-as i read more about sustainability, including the many many PDFs that Henry Pang gave us in the Google Drive, i am seeing a much bigger picture of Sustainability
+===== Digital Technologies =====
-sure, for the larger companies, SRs compliance is definitely a concern and perhaps also uppermost in their minds. but i am also beginning to understand why more enlightened senior mgt might be receptive to the whole Sustainability idea, not just because the law/rules require them to
+Trainer: Ivan Chew Woon Lim
-pre-Sustainability era, all companies were focused on the single fiscal bottom line. that was all that was considered important and thus tracked, measured and reported. besides all the idealistic and forward-looking notions introduced by Sustainability, we now need lots more data and numbers covering a huge huge range of activities. the thing is: if properly collected and processed, these data gives top mgt a much more granular and detailed view of the company, thus taking out lots of guesswork in the mgt of the company. that imho is a god-send to managers
+MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is an extremely lightweight, publish/subscribe messaging protocol primarily designed for the Internet of Things (IoT). It allows resource-constrained devices (like sensors and microcontrollers) to reliably exchange data over low-bandwidth or unreliable networks with minimal battery drain. is XML
-these benefits are now accruing to larger companies that not only can afford to expend the resources need to produce details SRs, they are also required by law to do so. and the same benefits can also be enjoyed by the smaller companies if they also expend some resources to do simpler SRs.
+LPWAN (Low-Power Wide-Area Network) is a wireless telecommunication technology designed to connect IoT and machine-to-machine devices over long distances while using minimal power. By sacrificing high data rates for extended battery life and deep signal penetration, devices can run for up to 10 years on a single small battery.
+https://share.gemini.google/OsgzGgQaxWtb
+Create a Sustainable Dashboard for Precision Engineering Plant with Light and Dark theme that uses sustainable Color theme using HTML and Javascript
+Top Menu User Login and <Company logo and Name>
+- Charts showing
+   - Current Solar Power Harvested
+   - C02 reduction (Clean Energy)
+   - Current Month Swarf Recycled
+   - Number of machine Online status vs offline
+   - Current Temperature and humidity
+   - Alarm showing current offline machines
+- Trendlines using tabs
+  - Solar power harvested vs power consumed for last 12 months
+  - Swarf Recycle trend for the last 12 months
+  - Trend of machine down for the last 12 months
-with the larger companies leading the way and publishing their SRs annually, smaller companies don’t need to re-invent the wheel as they can use the published SRs as templates to pick and choose what they want/need. i’d argue that much of Sustainability is not only commonsense but actually benefits the companies practising it. think for example waste mgt. we know that many companies have staff that have very wasteful habits, e.g. leave lights/aircon/etc on even when not needed, print on paper unnecessarily, etc. these are all tracked under Sustainability and top mgt can use these numbers to propel them companies to save money through better waste mgt.
+This web application focuses deeply on SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). It provides interactive modules highlighting how energy savings, water conservation, and food waste reduction directly influence Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 greenhouse gas reporting.
+It highlights your impressive 23% Year-Over-Year (YoY) overall sustainability improvement and includes a real-time collaborative Gemini AI Consultant to generate executive summaries, analyze data, and build reports.
+===== Data Analytics =====
+Trainer: Solomon Soh
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 Trainer: Colin Tan Swee Lin
+  * Human-centered problem-solving approach.
+  * Iterations and Prototyping
+===== Systems Thinking =====
+Trainer: Mohan
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 ==== Sat 9 May 2026 ====
+===== Project =====
+==== Introduction ====
+We are a group of mid-career learners attending the Sustainability course conduced by SIM.
+In the course, we have learnt the fundamentals of Sustainability Reporting. This is something that is currently required of companies listed on SGX, which will soon require such reports to be externally assured (like financial auditing). In time to come, these requirements will extend to smaller companies and organisations such as yours.
+We would like to work with you, without charge pro bono, to help you embark on your sustainability journey. Besides preparing for upcoming regulatory compliance, it will help companies and organisations deal with long term concerns.
+Quick summary:
+  * Currently, listed companies already required by SGX to publish their SRs
+  * ⁠ACRA will in coming years require such reports by listcos and large companies to be assured
+  * that's all the regulations announced and published thus far
+  * because there are already many SR examples published, companies cannot plead ignorance if/ when Acra makes it mandatory
+  * and as the number of certified sustainability assurers grow, so will pressure to improve SR quality
+  * finally, sustainability is not only about regulatory compliance: it's also about risk mgt, competitiveness and talent acquisition/ retention.
+as you have noted, SRs is only mandatory for listed and large companies. there is currently no hint of making them mandatory anytime in the foreeable horizon. we are only speculating that they will eventually come, but we have no idea when.
+as i read more about sustainability, including the many many PDFs that Henry Pang gave us in the Google Drive, i am seeing a much bigger picture of Sustainability
+sure, for the larger companies, SRs compliance is definitely a concern and perhaps also uppermost in their minds. but i am also beginning to understand why more enlightened senior mgt might be receptive to the whole Sustainability idea, not just because the law/rules require them to
+pre-Sustainability era, all companies were focused on the single fiscal bottom line. that was all that was considered important and thus tracked, measured and reported. besides all the idealistic and forward-looking notions introduced by Sustainability, we now need lots more data and numbers covering a huge huge range of activities. the thing is: if properly collected and processed, these data gives top mgt a much more granular and detailed view of the company, thus taking out lots of guesswork in the mgt of the company. that imho is a god-send to managers
+these benefits are now accruing to larger companies that not only can afford to expend the resources need to produce details SRs, they are also required by law to do so. and the same benefits can also be enjoyed by the smaller companies if they also expend some resources to do simpler SRs.
+with the larger companies leading the way and publishing their SRs annually, smaller companies don’t need to re-invent the wheel as they can use the published SRs as templates to pick and choose what they want/need. i’d argue that much of Sustainability is not only commonsense but actually benefits the companies practising it. think for example waste mgt. we know that many companies have staff that have very wasteful habits, e.g. leave lights/aircon/etc on even when not needed, print on paper unnecessarily, etc. these are all tracked under Sustainability and top mgt can use these numbers to propel them companies to save money through better waste mgt.