Singapore outlines plans for greener digitalisation

Singapore’s Government Technology Agency has announced plans to spend SGD$3.3 billion (US$2.4 billion) on information and communications technology (ICT) over the 2023/24 financial year, including SGD$1 billion for applications developed on the cloud.

The GovTech agency has also introduced a Sustainability Framework to help meet Singapore’s goal to achieve net-zero emissions in the public sector by 2045 and nationally by 2050.

In a presentation earlier this month, Henry Chang, Deputy Chief Executive at GovTech, said the agency would: “Adopt sustainability as a core principle in our digitalisation business and professional way of life”.

Henry Chang, GovTech

He said that digitalisa...