ST Engineering Sustainability Report 2020

Social: Corporate Community Contribution STEM Education (U.S.) In addition to the Pensacola Mayor’s Scholarship set up in 2019, the Group launched an apprenticeship programme in 2020 with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to train individuals for the maritime industry. The programme offers training for 50 apprentices in welding, ship fitting, pipe fitting, pipe welding and electrical works. Enriching Lives Through Education Education is the most compelling way to create positive and sustainable change for a better future. We work with partners and collaborators to provide opportunities so that lives can be enriched and uplifted. Adult Education We continued to support the NTUC Education and Training Fund to uplift working Singaporeans through training and education by providing subsidies for skills upgrading and re-skilling. We contributed $250,000 in 2020, which is part of $1m committed over four years from 2018. Besides book prizes and scholarships, we contribute to the Singapore STEM education scene through our support of internships and R&D collaborations with institutes of higher learning. In 2020, we offered 1,118 internship positions for technical and engineering students. Since 2015, our two co-funded Corporate Laboratories with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Singapore University of Technology and Design have created research opportunities for 34 PhD students, two MSc students and 10 interns. STEM Education (Singapore) SUSTAINABILITY / ST ENG I NEER I NG 100 1,118 technology and engineering internship positions offered in 2020 $1 million pledged to NTUC Education and Training Fund over four years A partner of Assumption Pathway School for 8 consecutive years