25 October 2021

We refer to a recent article published in the South China Morning Post about an ex-employee who left the organisation in early 2017.

We are deeply concerned to read the accounts published.
The respect and well-being of our staff and the people we work with have always been extremely important to us. WWF-Singapore fully complies with the WWF network policy and has no tolerance for bullying, discrimination, harassment and racism of any kind.

WWF-Singapore also takes its duty of care towards current and former employees very seriously. While we do not comment on individual cases, we wish to highlight that whenever complaints are brought to our attention, we have, as necessary, conducted independent investigations in accordance with our established policy and procedures. In cases where the allegations are substantiated, we have swiftly taken the recommended remedial actions. This includes taking disciplinary action, reaching out to relevant parties involved with the investigation to communicate with them and fulfilling our duty of care to both present and former employees.

Our current management and the Board are committed to having strong processes and training to implement our values and our code of conduct. Should anyone have any grievance or wish to raise any concerns, we encourage them to use our whistle-blowing and speak up channels. Our policy on whistle-blowing is publicly available here: https://www.wwf.sg/whistleblowing-policy/.