On 3 July 2014, Singapore’s largest business-led environmental awareness campaign, Eco Action Day, recognised six commendable organisations for their sustainability efforts in making a difference for the environment this year. The organiser, Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, together with the supporting partners and supporters, participating organisations and the Eco Action Award winners, celebrated the achievements of the campaign where Ms. Wong Yee Thing, Assistant Manager of Regional Environmental Management Group of Ricoh Asia Pacific announced the achievements of this year’s campaign.

A record total of about 180 organizations participated in this green movement where majority of them are Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Corporation. More than 280 like-minded individuals also showed their support by making individual pledges and adopting green habits in their daily lives. An estimated 185, 380kg of carbon emission was saved on this one day affair. At the Eco Action Day Awards ceremony the award winners, each in its unique area, walked away with their well-deserved recognitions.

GIIS Queenstown Campus winner of the Most Inspiring Eco Award, has been playing an active role in environmental sustainability since 2009. The school has been engaging its students and promoting environmental awareness by organising environmental carnival and competitions, launching e-learning waste management for the students and even incorporating environmental projects into the students’ academic performance review. The school has also initiated many outreach programmes to promote energy and resources conservation at community centres and residential areas. “Our teams work very hard year-round to take the Green initiatives to a new level and find innovative means to support environmental concerns. A prestigious award such as this one will spur our team to work harder,” conveyed Mr Rajiv Vasudeva, Country Director (Singapore), GIIS.

Congratulating GIIS Queenstown Campus team on the eco-worthy achievement, Mr Atul Temurnikar, Chairman and Co-Founder, Global Schools Foundation said, “Singapore’s green movement is well supported at GIIS with our students matching footprints with the eco-wise progress in the community. The Green curriculum adopted by GIIS Queenstown Campus has encouraged students to undertake recycling drives, energy saving measures and e-waste management to name a few. Winning the Most Inspiring Eco Action Award is quite heartening for our team.”

Towards the end of this year’s Eco Action Day Campaign, Mr. Nobuaki Majima, Managing Director of Ricoh Asia Pacific, applauded the record participation in the campaign, saying, “We are really delighted with the achievement, as it shows that more organizations are taking the green walk seriously and becoming more conscious that what they are doing will eventually impact the environment. Eco Action Day is not just about one organization or one person’s effort, and it is definitely not just about Ricoh. It is everyone’s effort and support that make this happen. Let us not just stop here. Let’s continue to sustain this move and spread the message across to more organizations and more people.”