Singapore is Asia’s most sustainable city, but there is still room for improvement

SINGAPORE (Sept 13): Design and consultancy firm Arcadis says Singapore is the most sustainable city in Asia and ranks second after Zurich on a global scale, as reflected in its Sustainable Cities Index 2016.

The Sustainable Cities Index is compiled for Arcadis by the UK’s Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR).

Three pillars of sustainability – social (‘People’), environmental (‘Planet’) and economic (‘Profit’) – are explored throughout the study to develop an indicative ranking of 100 of the world’s leading cities. The overall index analyses 32 different indicators and is broken down into three sub-indices across each pillar.

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