Launched in November 2020, the CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge (CSXC) is a global platform to advance innovation and collaboration in sustainability within the built environment. Through the CSXC, CapitaLand aims to source for emerging solutions or technologies globally to solve sustainability challenges impacting its business and accelerate their progress to meet CapitaLand’s 2030 Sustainability Master Plan targets. Click here to find out more.
Two winners will each be given an exclusive opportunity to pilot, test and implement their solution with CapitaLand, with the chance to secure up to S$50,000 in project funding. Winners will also have the chance to showcase their innovations to senior global business leaders, investors and policymakers at the annual Ecosperity Week organised by Temasek.
From over 270 entries across more than 25 countries, six finalists have been selected. Join us as we find out who will win at the inaugural CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge Grand Finale.
About Judges:
Lee Chee Koon | Group Chief Executive Office, CapitaLand Group
Chee Koon is the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CapitaLand Group and serves on its board of directors. Since Chee Koon was appointed as President and Group CEO of CapitaLand in September 2018, the Group has moved towards what he calls “CapitaLand 3.0”. This term denotes a CapitaLand under its third leadership team since its listing in 2000. It describes a vision for a focused and agile real estate company, that is balanced and diversified across asset classes and geographies, with a strong resolve for growth.
Goh Swee Chen | Independent Director and Chairman of Sustainability Council, CapitaLand Group
Swee Chen is Chairman, National Arts Council and National Technological University (NTU). She joined Shell in 2003 and retired as Chairman, Shell Companies in Singapore in January 2019. She was previously with Procter & Gamble and IBM. A global leader, she has lived and worked in Singapore, Malaysia, Netherlands, Australia, USA, Japan and China. Swee Chen has a diverse professional background, having led significant businesses in Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and IT sectors.
Rohit Sipahimalani | Chief Investment Strategist and Head, South-East Asia, Temasek
Rohit Sipahimalani is the Chief Investment Strategist at Temasek and is also Head of South East Asia, directly responsible for investments in the region. He joined Temasek in 2008 as Head of Telecom, Media & Technology investments. In 2012, he was appointed co-Chief Investment Officer and has since held various roles including Joint Head for Investment Group, Joint Head of Portfolio Strategy & Risk Group as well as Head, India, before assuming his current position in January 2020.
Prior to joining Temasek, Rohit spent 11 years with Morgan Stanley holding senior positions across its Mumbai and Hong Kong offices, including Co-Head of the Asia Pacific M&A business in Hong Kong, before his appointment as Managing Director and Head of South East Asia Investment Banking in Singapore.
Dr Cheong Koon Hean | Chair, Centre for Liveable Cities (MND)
Dr Koon Hean is the Chair of the Centre for Liveable Cities (MND) and the incoming Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (Singapore University of Technology and Design). She was formerly CEO (Housing and Development Board) from 2010 to 2020, overseeing the development and management of some 1 million public housing flats and introduced a new generation of well designed, community centric, sustainable and smart public housing.
Dr Jon Creyts | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute
Jon Creyts is Managing Director and Chief Program Officer at RMI (previously Rocky Mountain Institute), a pioneering global clean energy think-and-do tank. At RMI, Jon manages all research and collaboration activity, using market catalysts like finance, digitalisation, and breakthrough technology to support the rapid decarbonisation of infrastructure and industries. Jon has extensive experience leading initiatives on disruptive innovation, including creation of RMI’s Third Derivative global technology accelerator. Jon is also the founder of RMI’s China Office, and currently serves as chairman of the Energy Web Foundation and board member of WattTime, two digital innovators whose tools support a decentralised and decarbonised grid.
Dr Chris Luebkeman | Head of Strategic Foresight, ETH Zurich
Dr Chris’ career to date has spanned professions and geographies. His multidisciplinary education (geology, civil engineering, structural engineering, entrepreneurship and a Doctorate in Architecture) was encouraged by his Mid-Western family of educators. His journey included Vanderbilt, Cornell and the ETH in Zurich. He became an academic gypsy teaching courses on Design and on Technology at the University of Oregon, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and at MIT.
