Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)

Name

Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)

Legal name

National University of Singapore (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Institute for Environment and Sustainability)

Website

https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Policy Research

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Auditing, Inspections & Assurance (BPAHAJAG)

Keywords

• Environmental policy research
• Climate policy fellowship
• Sustainability research
• Energy transition policy
• Public policy analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

IES is a research centre within NUS's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy that uses problem-oriented analysis, training, research, and dialogue to strengthen policy development capacity building in environment and sustainability. Its flagship offerings are the Climate Policy Fellowship and the Regional Energy Connectivity Policy Dialogues, both anchored by a 2024 US$275,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to accelerate Southeast Asia's energy transition and cross-border renewable energy transfer.

Product overview

IES is a single research centre (not a multi-module software product) housed within the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Its offerings comprise the Climate Policy Fellowship and the Regional Energy Connectivity Policy Dialogues — both anchored by a 2024 collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation under a US$275,000 grant to accelerate Southeast Asia's energy transition and renewable energy transfer between countries. The Fellowship and the regional dialogues work together as the centre's two flagship programmatic offerings, supporting policy research, capacity building, and cross-border energy policy engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Climate Policy Fellowship A fellowship programme that builds climate and energy policy capacity in Southeast Asia, designed for policymakers and policy practitioners and launched with support from a US$275,000 Rockefeller Foundation grant.
• Regional Energy Connectivity Policy Dialogues A series of regional policy dialogues that promote renewable energy transfer between Southeast Asian countries and improve cross-border renewable energy flows to support energy trade, climate action, and regional development.
• Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Research Centre A research centre within the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore that addresses environment and sustainability policy challenges across Asia through problem-oriented analysis, training, research, and dialogue.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA): Intergovernmental organization supporting countries in their transition to sustainable energy, with active engagement across ASEAN. Comparable to IES in producing research and convening policy dialogues on renewable energy and cross-border energy cooperation, though operating at a much larger, multilateral scale.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research organization working at the intersection of environment and development, with active programmes on energy transition and climate policy in Asia. Comparable as a peer in producing policy analysis and convening stakeholders on sustainability issues, though broader in geographic and thematic scope than IES.
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): Independent research organization focused on sustainable development policy, including climate, energy, and trade. Comparable to IES as a policy research and convening organization working on sustainability, with overlapping interest in energy transition and trade/connectivity policy.
• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI): Global research organization working on environment and sustainable development policy with offices in Asia. Comparable to IES as a peer producing environmental policy research and engaging regional governments on sustainability issues.

Direct peers

• ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE): Intergovernmental centre under the ASEAN framework coordinating energy cooperation across the region. Directly comparable to IES in its specific focus on regional energy connectivity, cross-border power trade, and policy dialogue among ASEAN member states, though with an intergovernmental rather than academic mandate.
• Climate Policy Initiative (CPI): Global climate policy research organization analysing climate finance and the effectiveness of climate policies, with growing Asia presence. Comparable to IES in producing evidence-based climate policy research and engaging governments on policy design, though focused on finance and effectiveness rather than energy connectivity specifically.
• Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA): Regional policy research institute supporting ASEAN economic integration, including energy policy. Directly comparable to IES in its mandate to inform regional policy through research and dialogue, and overlapping in energy/climate policy work for Southeast Asia.

Regional players

• Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ): Asian energy policy think tank producing analysis and convening on regional energy issues including cross-border energy trade. Comparable to IES as an Asian-anchored energy policy research organization focused on regional energy dynamics and connectivity.
• ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute: Singapore-based regional research institute focused on Southeast Asian policy, security, and economic issues. Comparable to IES as a fellow Singapore-anchored policy research body operating across ASEAN, though broader in scope than IES's environment/sustainability focus.

Others

• Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Southeast Asia Programme: Global policy research organization with active Southeast Asia programming covering economic, security, and sustainability issues. Comparable to IES as a peer producing policy research and convening stakeholders on regional issues, though US-anchored and broader in scope than IES.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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