Esther An

As Chief Sustainability Officer of City Developments Limited (CDL), Esther wields her knowledge, skills and enthusiasm to act as an ardent advocate of the environmental, social and governance principles (ESG) underlying sustainable development. A sustainability practitioner for over two decades, Esther published the first sustainability report in Singapore in 2008; issued the first green bond by a Singapore company in 2017 and published the first TNFD report in SE Asia. Conferred the 2018 SDG Pioneer for Green Infrastructure and A Low Carbon Economy by the UN Global Compact, Esther is included in TIME100 Climate most influential leaders 2023. She sits on the boards or advisory platforms of international organizations including Global Reporting Initiative Supervisory Board, GRESB Foundation Board, World Green Building Council Corporate Advisory Board, UN PRI Real Estate Advisory Committee and TNFD Global Taskforce. She chairs Asia Pacific Real Estate Association or APREA’s ESG Committee, the Singapore Sustainability Reporting Advisory Committee and the Urban Land Institute APAC Exco. A climate and SDG advocate, she founded Women4Green and Youth4Climate networks to empower women and youths to champion climate action and sustainable development.