Esther An

Ms Esther An joined CDL in 1995 to establish the Company’s Corporate Communications department and subsequently CDL’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) portfolio. An active advocate for green building and sustainability for over two decades, she has been instrumental in building up CDL’s leadership in sustainability. A forerunner in CSR and embracing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), she was conferred 2018 SDG Pioneer for Green Infrastructure and A Low Carbon Economy by the UN Global Compact.

She sits on the boards or advisory platforms of several organisations including the World Green Building Council, Global Reporting Initiative(GRI) and UNEP FI Real Estate Work Group. She chairs the Sustainability Reporting Advisory Committee established by Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and the Singapore Exchange Regulation, the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association’s Sustainability and ESG Committee and Co-Chairs the Urban Land Institute Singapore’s Sustainability Product Council.