Singapore’s OCBC has created more than 50 sustainability-related jobs over the last two years as part of a broader plan to internally promote the space.
The 50 jobs span across sustainable business development, sustainable product development, sustainability research, ESG assessment, ESG reporting, ESG regulatory and compliance, sustainable stewardship, and community development and environmental conservation programs, according to a statement.
This is part of the «OCBC Future Smart Program» which is now in its second phase with an investment of $30 million over the next three years.
The program and its first phase were launched in 2018 with an investment commitment of $20 million over three years.
Since the program kicked off, the bank has developed numerous training modules, sub-programs, certification pathways while further driving learning through desktop and mobile platforms.
1,900 programs have been launched for OCBC’s 30,000 employees groupwide which have achieved more than 178,000 completions.
Major change is afoot on the job front and roles that are available today may no longer be needed or will be significantly disrupted tomorrow, said OCBC’s head of group human resources Jason Ho. New threats to the business emerge continuously. We are confident that as long as we continue to learn, un-learn and re-learn as an organization, we will be able to turn threats into opportunities.