| 1. United Kingdom Research Institute (UKRI), United Kingdom | Vision: “An outstanding research and innovation system in the UK that gives everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, enriching lives locally, nationally and internationally.”Missions:1. Making the UK a top destination for talented researchers2. Ensuring R&D investment benefiting all regions of the UK3. Supporting the best fundamental and applied research4. Transforming research into economic and social impact (UKRI, 2022) | - Streamlining internal processes and simplifying interactions with external stakeholders (G) |
| - Creating an environment where skilled people can work together and succeed (S) |
| - Incentivizing cross-disciplinary collaboration by removing structural barriers (G) |
| - Focusing on recruiting and retaining the diverse skills needed for future R&D (S) |
| - Improving financial sustainability through efficient budgeting and transparent cross-tracking by using the UK government Transparent Approach to Costing System (TRAC) (UKRI, 2022) (G) |
| 2. National Environment Agency (NEA), Singapore | Vision: “A lean environment, towards a liveable and sustainable Singapore.”Mission: To ensure a clean and sustainable environment for Singapore, together with our partners and the community (NEA, 2026) | - Setting targets for digitalizing all incoming and outgoing financial transactions for the organization (G) |
| - Implementing a holistic Employee Engagement (EE) Framework that supports staff across diverse personal and professional dimensions (occupational, emotional, social, physical, societal, and intellectual needs) (S) |
| - Ensuring staff safety and health by strictly following workplace safety and health (WSH) policy and tracking WSH performance and reporting to internal Enterprise Risk and Safety Steering Committee (G, S) |
| - Enhancing corporate value of sustainability by encouraging suppliers to follow National Environment Agency (NEA)’s sustainability practices in their work processes and ensuring procurement integrity by prohibiting authority for awarding the contracts to be from the procuring division (G, E) |
| - Conducting regular departmental budget reviews and reporting performance to senior management to ensure financial accountability (G) |
| - Publicly releasing an annual integrated sustainability report to document the organization’s ESG performance (NEA, 2021) (G) |
| 3. Department of Finance, Australia | Vision: “To provide high quality advice, frameworks and services to achieve value in the management of public resources for the benefit of all Australians.”Missions:1. Driving procurement reform and managing conflicts of interest to ensure ethical standards across the public sector.2. Advancing the goal of reaching net-zero government emissions by 20303. Boosting internal data skills and fast-tracking the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the public service4. Addressing rising costs in health, aged care, and national security amidst a volatile global economy (Department of Finance, 2025b) | - Launched the climate action in government operations e-learning program through the Australian Public Service (APS) academy platform to equip APS employees with the essential expertise and practical skills required to integrate climate-focused strategies and sustainability into their daily professional responsibilities (Department of Finance, 2023.) (E, S) |
| - Creating digital ID system to enhance inclusive access for the public while minimizing unnecessary and repeated collection of personal data and mitigating the consequences of identity-related data breaches and scams (Department of Finance, 2025) (G) |
| - Adhering to rigorous conflict of interest protocols by maintaining a clear separation between the individuals who initiate a purchase request and those who authorize the final contract award and upholding a zero-tolerance policy toward corruption. (Department of Finance, 2025d) (G) |
| - Disclosing publicly the department’s climate strategies, impact-based targets and measures (Department of Finance, 2023) (E) |
| - Providing aggregated AI-related policies and assurance frameworks from various Australian government organizations to ensure public transparency and cross-agency alignment (Department of Finance, 2025c) (G) |