B Lab, the organisation behind the B Corp enterprise sustainability certification scheme, has rejigged its administration construction in Singapore following the departure of its chief government.
Amelie Remond, who joined B Lab Singapore in Might 2023 as CEO, teaming up with founding director Caroline Seow, resigned in December the identical yr. The previous asset administration and insurance coverage government has relocated to New Zealand.
Former B Lab Singapore CEO Amelie Remond has relocated to New Zealand. Picture: LinkedIn
Remond joined the organisation to assist speed up the B Corp motion in Southeast Asia, the place it’s nonetheless a comparatively new idea. To get licensed as a B Corp, or “useful company”, companies should full a rigorous evaluation of their social and environmental credentials. To remain licensed, B Corps should present steady enchancment. There are greater than 8,000 B Corps globally, 40 in Singapore and 52 in different Southeast Asian international locations. B Lab is aiming to certify 100 firms in Singapore by 2025.
B Lab Singapore has not crammed the CEO place, however made two useful head appointments since Remond’s departure. Cecilia Hough has joined as lead for impression administration and Keith Tan as head of enterprise improvement and operations.
Hough was beforehand assistant supervisor at MINDS Bakers, a social enterprise that gives sheltered employment to adults with mental disabilities in Singapore. Tan, a marketer by background, based Axpara.com, a human sources and know-how providers agency, and advertising and know-how options Begin Now.
Eco-Enterprise understands that chief working officer Prisca Lim, who joined B Lab in 2022, has gone on sabbatical.
B Lab has confronted scrunity for certifying companies linked to local weather hurt in latest weeks. B Lab is presently investigating the B Corp standing of media companies owned by French communications large Havas, which lately began working for oil main Shell, following complaints from different B Corp-certified companies.
