SINGAPORE, 4 SEPTEMBER 2019

27 outstanding women leaders from 11 countries have been selected as Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen, an annual listing of exceptional female sustainability leaders in the region. They were chosen out of 126 nominations from 20 countries across Asia.

The 2019 List was announced by Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) CEO Tim Mohin, and ÁsthildurHjaltadóttir, GRI’s Chief of Network Engagement and Regional Implementation Officer, who were Guests of Honour at theAsia Sustainability Reporting Summit’s networking cocktail reception in Singapore. They presented Superwoman Certificates as a mark of honour to the Sustainability Superwomen attending the event.

A Sustainability Superwoman is someone who is leading change through sustainability strategies and initiatives within her organisation as well as outside of her organisation. An international jury reviews and assesses the nominations to identify the winners.

Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen is a non-profit project initiated by CSRWorks International, Singapore’s most trusted name in sustainability consulting, training and thought leadership. The project’s purpose is to recognise and honour the contribution of exceptional women leaders who are driving change to make the world a better place.

Rajesh Chhabara, managing director of CSRWorks International, said,”We’re delighted to seeAsia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen go from strength to strength. These women have led the way on sustainability and diversity throughout Asia. We hope that bycelebrating their numerous achievements we will inspire more women to become future sustainability leaders. “

Here is the full list of Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen 2019:

Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen 2019 List of Honour
S. No.	Name	Title	Organisation	Country
1	Aisah Eden	Executive Vice President, Corporate Services	Sarawak Energy Berhad	Malaysia
2	Angela Sim	Founder and CEO	Alps Group Pte Ltd	Singapore
3	Anoka Abeyrathne	Co-founder & Asia-Pacific Representative	SustainSolutions / UN Habitat YAB	Sri Lanka
4	Dr. Darian McBain	Global Director of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability	Thai Union Group PCL	Thailand
5	Durreen Shahnaz	Founder & CEO	Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)	Singapore
6	Eranthi Premaratne	Director, Sustainable Business	MAS Active Trading Pvt Ltd (MAS KREEDA)	Sri Lanka
7	Evi Afiatin	Executive Board Director & Chief Financial Officer	BPJS Ketenagakerjaan	Indonesia
8	Febriany Eddy	Vice President & Director	PT Vale Indonesia Tbk	Indonesia
9	Gennie Yen	Founder/ President	CSRone Reporting Platform/ Veda International Corporation	Taiwan
10	Herry Cho	Director, Head of Sustainable Finance Asia Pacific	ING Bank	Singapore
11	Izumi Kobayashi	Co-Chairperson	Women Corporate Directors Japan	Japan
12	Kristin Koleen	Vice President, Sustainability	SM Investments Corporation	Philippines
13	Laleh Daraie	National Coordinator	GEF/SGP at UNDP	Iran
14	Lavina Sequera	CSR Professional & Founding Member	Soil of India	India
15	Prof. Madhavi Srinivasan	Professor/ Co-Director	NTU/ NTU SCARCE Centre	Singapore
16	Madhulika Sharma	Chief Corporate Sustainability	Tata Steel Limited	India
17	Maria Victoria Tan	Group Head, Enterprise Risk Management & Sustainability	Ayala Corporation	Philippines
18	Mariam Al Foudery	Group Chief Marketing Officer	Agility	Singapore
19	Naina Batra	CEO & Chairperson	AVPN	Singapore
20	Ninfa Rubio	Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator	Provincial Government of Palawan	Philippines
21	Shalini Singh	Chief of Corporate Communication & Sustainability, CEO & Managing Trustee of Tata Power Community Development Trust(TPCDT), Chief of Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI)	Tata Power Co Ltd	India
22	Dr. Sandy Chong	Founder & Principal Consultant	Verity Consulting Pte Ltd	Singapore
23	Sophia Cheng	Chief Investment Officer	Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd	Taiwan
24	Dr. Vikas Goswami	Head of Sustainability, Good and Green	Godrej One Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies	India
25	Voravan Tarapoom	Chairman of Executive Board	BBL Asset Management Co Ltd	Thailand
26	Win Win Tint	Founder & CEO	City Mart Holding Co Ltd	Myanmar
27	Yvonne Soh	Executive Director	Singapore Green Building Council	Singapore

Note to editors:

The full list of Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen 2019 will be published on www.csrworks.com/superwomen on 4th September 2019 immediately after the names are announced at the event.

Contact:

Email: superwomen@csrworks.com

About the Organisers

Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen is organised by CSRWorks International, Singapore’s trusted sustainability services firm focussed on consulting, training and thought leadership.

CSRWorks also organises the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards(ASRA), the highest international recognition for reporting excellence, and the Asia Sustainability Reporting Summit, the region’s top annual gathering of reporting community. 

CSRWorks International is a GRI Certified Training Provider, GRI Data Partner and a GRI Gold Community Member. CSRWorks is also IIRC’s Foundation Training Partner for approved Training in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka and the Middle East. As EcoVadis’ CSR Expert Partner for Southeast Asia, CSRWorks provides training and advisory to suppliers participating in the EcoVadis CSR Assessment.

Learn more about CSRWorks here.