Do you have an idea that supports environmental sustainability and involves the community? If yes, then apply now for SG Eco Fund.

The $50 million SG Eco Fund was announced in March 2020 to support ground-up projects that involve the community and advance environmental sustainability in Singapore. The Fund hopes to motivate and enable individuals, groups and companies to take collective action to build a more sustainable future.

The SG Eco Fund is managed by a Board of Trustees and supported by an Advisory Committee comprising representatives from the People, Private and Public (3P) sectors, as well as the SG Eco Office.

Project Priorities

Projects must:

• Address one or more of these sustainability issues:
  • Improve the environment or advance environmental sustainability in Singapore;
  • Engage and/or involve the community;
  • Not have commenced;
  • Not have obtained funding from other government sources.
• Projects should address at least one area of environmental sustainability, including but not limited to the following: climate change; energy; waste; water; food; nature and biodiversity; environmental pollution; or environmental public health.

Funding Information

• The SG Eco Fund works on a co-funding basis. If the application is approved, the applicant may receive funding of up to 80% of the supportable cost items, subject to a maximum of S$1 million. Funding will be provided for no more than three years from the date of the Letter of Award.
• The SG Eco Fund supports these cost items:
  • Professional services (e.g. events management, workshop facilitation, behavioural study, audit, etc)
  • Venue rental
  • Educational materials (e.g. brochures, publications, books, etc)
  • Marketing and publicity (e.g. production of posters, EDMs, photography, etc)
  • Logistics and transportation
  • Equipment and tools necessary for project implementation.
• The SG Eco Fund does not support these cost items:
  • Manpower
  • Food and beverage
  • Gifts and prizes (e.g. tokens of appreciation, cash prizes, vouchers, trophies, medals, etc)
  • Honorarium or speaker’s fees
  • All overseas or foreign visitor’s expenses and fees (e.g. air ticket, accommodation, etc)
  • Media space rental (e.g. newspaper, TV, radio, MRT and bus advertisements, etc)
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Eligibility Criteria

The SG Eco Fund is open to the following applicants:

• Individuals: Must be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident, above 18 years old, and residing in Singapore;
• Groups of Individuals: All individuals must be above 18 years old and residing in Singapore, and the group must have at least one Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident;
• Organisations: Singapore-registered organisations, including companies, charities, government and non-government organisations.

For more information, visit The SG Eco Fund.