Awards

Comments by Victor Tay for winning the coveted "Most Influential Sustainable Business CEO in ASEAN" awards nominated by a UK-based awards organization.

Deeply humbled by the awards for influencing and promoting Sustainability in #SouthEastAsia which is home to 680m population.
At Global Catalyst Advisory (www.globalcatalystadvisory.com), our mission is enshrined in our tagline, "Sustainability Catalysed"

1. Environmental Technologies -
Was walking down memory aisle with my first interaction with sustainability movement when I was establishing the Environment and Engineering Services industry cluster at Enterprise Singapore in 2005 to groom local enterprises across alternative energy, wastemanagement, waterpurification (UV, reverse osmosis, membrane, water desalination). Then Kyoto Protocol was newly ractified as the most significant environmental treaty. To catalyse more local environmental technologies adoption, I have established, financed and chaired the @Environmental Center of Innovation at Ngee Ann Polytechnic as shared research facilities for local enterprises. Then KyotoProtocol was just ractified and #carbontrading was at its nascent stage.

2. Establishing Sustainability Ecosystem -
At the national chamber, Singapore Business Federation, my colleague and I had established the Singapore Sustainability Alliance (SSA) which comprises of triplehelixmodel of Government, Universities and Industry Associations to effect a tighter Innovation value chain from university research, industry adoption with government grants and support. Concurrently, we congregate the sustainability community into a 400+ enterprises strong Sustainable Development Business Group (SDBG). To ensure a virtuous cycle of Innovation, we inaugurated the Singapore Sustainability Awards to recognize excellence amongst business community.

3. CSR and Vulnerability -
However Sustainability is not about Innovation or Economic development alone, a holistic #triplebottomline will require focus on People, Planet and Profit. I have then promoted #CSR, Sustainable Reporting through United Nations Global Compact with a focus on the vulnerable groups as beneficiaries. Advancing the cause to support vulnerable groups, I chaired the Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) which operates 5 schools with 400 staff catering to 1500 special needs from 7-62 years old. We established a social enterprises of vertical farm, farm-to-plate concept cafe and bakery to give financial independence to special needs, while entasking them as abled workforces to F&B and Retail enterprises like Uniqlo, KFC, Macdonald's, Swensens, Hans etc. Sustainability Development is multifaceted with 17 #SDGs prompted by UN. Post #ParisAgreement and Cop26, the global Sustainability movement had progressed. Thanks to all our partners, colleagues and clients who had made this sustainability journey possible. While we are deeply humbled by the awards, our collaborative journey has only just commenced.

Comments by Victor Tay for winning the coveted "Most Innovative Strategy Consultancy CEO of the Year 2024" and "APAC Business Innovation Excellence Awards" awards nominated by UK-based APAC Insider.

Deeply humbled by the honour of double awards for Global Catalyst Advisory and myself especially with these phrases that resonate with our hearts "Innovative Strategy" and "Business Innovation Excellence".

At Global Catalyst Advisory, our mission is enshrined in our tagline, "Sustainability Catalysed".
But in a VUCA world, which is much constrained by trade wars, inequitable social policies, inflationary costs, catalysing sustainability is increasingly challenging. Global Catalyst Advisory has to go against the grain of industry norm to leverage on innovative technologies to ensure security and transparency. In this aspect, We have demonstrated with our integrative deployment of Web3 technologies, IOT equipments, blockchain mechanism to secure high-quality carbon credits and climate change projects. Thanks to our clients, strategic partners and colleagues who have this unwavering belief in the "triple-P" concept that we should not only save the earth (planet), reduce carbon emission, but also ensure equitability of the farmers' (people) shares in the financial gain (profit).

I have learned where God uses the most unlikely, everyday hero, like David, a shepherd, to defeat the monstrosity and towering problems like Goliath. Daily, I reminded myself to search for small prints left by God as solutions to ready societal challenges. While chairing Global Compact at the United Nations, I learned about natural pairing by housing retired villages with childcare centers that provide a symbiotic effect of senior citizens’ love, attention, and care with affection yearning for children. Also, in agriculture, I learned that farm discharge and wastes can be treated as closed-loop resources to resolve water, fertilizer, and energy issues. It is usually when humans abuse nature’s pairing that results in environmental abuse and resource wastage”. He pointed out that many business intelligence and data mining had revealed systematic patterns and affinity pairing in solution implementation. “It is not unusual that many innovators and scientists have drawn creative solutions from nature’s system and harmony

Victor Tay, CEO of Global Catalyst Advisory, commented, "I am most humbled to receive the "Excellence for Financial Leadership Awards" in Dubai from US-based FiNext Awards and Conference (financial specialist).

"Despite not commencing with a financial career, I am privileged that FiNext recognises my contributions across my life career across Government/NGO/UN/Charity utilising finance as an enabler to effect greater societal contribution and empower the v ulnerable groups. Especially in developing:
1. financial programmes to help small medium enterprises (smes),
2. publicprivatepartnership blending Government grants with corporate finances for impact investments
3. creative business model, social enterprises and financial framework to empower the vulnerable group and charity industry,
4. investment Banking practice focusing on merger and acquisitions, as well as, capital raising for companies at various stages​

Thanks to past my organizations and colleagues, am privileged to be given the opportunities to support and uplift different individuals who had crossed my career path for past decades."