Drum roll please… presenting Singapore’s most popular sustainable superstars, voted by you.
Our Sustainability Awards 2024 wrapped up with a bang, snagging over 2,000 entries by readers! We tasked you with selecting your top eco-friendly businesses in categories ranging from retail and lifestyle to restaurants and hotels. Our gold winners received the highest number of votes while silver winners were close behind at second place. Oh, and let’s not forget – two lucky readers scored a sweet 3D2N stay at Artyzen Singapore! Without further ado, here are our 30 fabulous winners.
Sustainability Awards 2024: Say hello to the winners
1. The MVP for Zero-Waste Shopping
Gold winner: Scoop Wholefoods Singapore
Implements a ‘no single-use plastics’ policy, offers bulk whole foods, and provides refillable options.
Silver winner: Ugly Food
The grocery store campaigns for zero food waste by selling unwanted fresh produce.
Kudos to the nominees: The Sustainability Project and By Kura Home.
2. Best Sustainable Fashion Label
Gold winner: Su by Hand
The slow fashion label, which is inspired by nature, works with social enterprises that support artisans.
Silver winner: Lily & Lou
Say no to fast fashion with its sustainable materials, upcycling projects and made-to-order designs.
Kudos to the nominees: Outfyt, Maisha Concept, OliveAnkara, Summery the Label, Sui, and Dear Samfu.
3. Best Circular Fashion Brand
Gold winner: Cloop
This platform collects old textiles for recycling and hosts clothes swaps to reduce fashion overconsumption.
Silver winner: Style Theory
The eco-conscious brand offers rental services for an array of clothes and designer bags.
Kudos to the nominees: The Fashion Pulpit, The Reoutfitter, One Soul Many Stories, Popsicle Asia, and Second Other.
4. Best Sustainable Multi-label Shop
Gold winner: The Green Collective
It has everything you need for a zero-waste life under one roof, from composting to menstrual care.
Silver winner: The Social Space
The multi-concept space sources its products from environmentally responsible businesses and offers zero-waste goods.
Kudos to the nominees: Canvas and Weaves, Zerrin, and Your Sustainable Store.
5. Best Thrift Store for Secondhand Style
Gold winner: Nightingale Thrift
The brand offers employment opportunities for people with autism, while proceeds go to the needy and the training of special needs individuals.
Silver winner: Second Story by Thryft
The sustainable thrift pop-up store features pre-loved books and clothes.
Kudos to the nominees: Function Five Thrift Shop, Honsieponsie, Nonmainstream, Woofie’s Warehouse, Loop Garms, and Vintagewknd.
6. Best Sustainable Jewellery and Accessory Brand
Gold winner: Wanderlust + Co
The label reduces energy consumption, uses recyclable packaging, and reduces carbon footprint across processes.
Silver winner: By Invite Only
This local brand combines fashion with sustainable practices, offering jewellery made from eco-friendly materials.
Kudos to the nominees: By Canary, Eden+Elie, Ashepa Lifestyle, Tessellate, Orro, and Novita Diamonds.
7. Best Eco-Luxe Hotel Stay
Gold winner: Artyzen Singapore
The hotel is BCA Green Mark-certified with rainwater harvesting, passive cooling design, solar-powered LED lamps, and a partnership with ecoSPIRITS.
Silver winner: Parkroyal Collection Pickering, Singapore
Recognised as the ‘World’s Leading Green City Hotel’, it has an urban garden, solar panels, and EV charging stations within its premises.
Kudos to the nominees: Capella Singapore, The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore, Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore, and Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa.
8. Best Eco-Conscious Hotel Design
Gold winner: JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach
Its microclimatic canopy harvests rainwater, soaks up solar power, and lets fresh air flow through.
Silver winner: Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay
The hotel features Southeast Asia’s largest indoor atrium boasting 2,400 plants along with solar panels and a rooftop urban farm.
Kudos to the nominees: Momentus Hotel Alexandra, Lloyd’s Inn, Oasia Hotel Downtown Singapore, Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Orchard, Singapore, and Siloso Beach Resort.
9. Best Green Hotel Initiative
Gold winner: Fairmont Singapore
The hotel houses an aquaponics farm, actively supports the plastic-free movement, and minimises food wastage.
Silver winner: Pullman Singapore Orchard
It offers initiatives such as the Clean for Green program, where you can opt out of the daily room cleaning service to receive a $10 dining credit per day.
Kudos to the nominees: InterContinental Singapore, Marina Bay Sands, Como Metropolitan Singapore, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium, and Copthorne King’s Hotel Singapore.
10. Best Eco-Friendly Toy Store
Gold winner: The Better Toy Store
Parents love this shop for toys that prioritise play value, design, quality, and environmental impact.
Silver winner: Beebee + Bongo
The eco-friendly toy store creates employment for women through a partnership with Cambodia Knits.
Kudos to the nominees: Kathy’s Cove and Hoppi Loppi.
11. Best Clothing Brand for Eco-Chic Kiddos
Gold winner: Le Petit Society
It features an organic selection of sleepwear and muslin swaddles made with lasting quality fabrics.
Silver winner: Nimbu
With a buy-use-return circular premise, Nimbu collaborates with women-owned businesses and supports artisans in India.
Kudos to the nominees: Sea Apple, Elizabeth Little, Retykle, ikkikidz, Fumbles & Jumbles, and PreLouLou.
12. Best Natural Skincare for Kids
Gold winner: A For Apothecary
The beauty brand spotlights sustainable ingredients, supports eco-friendly practices, and sources ethically.
Silver winner: Gentle Therapy
A clean, natural and vegan skincare brand for sensitive and eczema-prone skin.
Kudos to the nominees: Evereden, A Tapir’s Tale, and Four Cow Farm.
13. Best Local Green Beauty Brand
Gold winner: Re:erth
This brand has a sustainability program to convert empty packaging into recycled plastics and non-fossil-derived fuel.
Silver winner: Sigi Skin
Powered by vegan ingredients, the label celebrates ‘skinimalism’ and uses recycled paper and soy-based inks in its packaging.
Kudos to the nominees: Fawn Labs, Handmade Heroes, Rooki Beauty, Sacha Botanicals, and Two Halves.
14. Best Refillable Beauty Brand
Gold winner: L’Occitane
It reduces waste and carbon footprint by offering a selection of products in an eco-friendly refill format.
Silver winner: Oasis Beauty Kitchen
Shop here for organic and low-waste products like handcrafted solid shampoos, bar soaps, and cream deodorants.
Kudos to the nominees: Vermont Soap, The Powder Shampoo, and Grown Alchemist.
15. Best Green Home Cleaning Brand
Gold winner: Ollie
This plant-based home and personal care focuses on ethically sourced ingredients and 100% recycled plastic packaging.
Silver winner: Ecover
Ecover offers plant-based home cleaning products with 100% recyclable plastic packaging.
Kudos to the nominees: Simply Good, E-Cloth, One V, and Recover Soaps.
16. Best Wellness and Bodycare Hero
Gold winner: Moom Health
This local brand develops natural remedies for cramps and bloating in the form of expert-formulated supplements.
Silver winner: Kalpz Beauty Kitchen
It focuses on locally-produced skin, body and hair care products handcrafted in small batches and made with natural ingredients.
Kudos to the nominees: Miriqa, Jomingo, Mandy T Skincare, Miseico, and Smood.
17. Best Sustainable Period Product
Gold winner: Blood
The local period brand is known for its corn pads that are biodegradable.
Silver winner: Luuna
With products made of reusable and plastic-free materials, Luuna works with APAC organisations to supply free period products in washrooms.
Kudos to the nominees: Mooncheeks, The Period Co., and The Tinkerbox.
18. Best Planet-Friendly Furniture Store
Gold winner: Hock Siong & Co.
A secondhand furniture store that recycles, refurbishes and repurposes pre-loved furniture.
Silver winner: The Table Guy
The Table Guy invests in materials that can be repurposed, repaired and renewed.
Kudos to the nominees: Urban Salvation, Hidden Treasures, Just Anthony, Journey East, Odds ‘N’ Collectables, and Tesign.
19. Best Eco-Subscription Plan
Gold winner: Boxgreen
The B Corp snack subscription platform reduces packaging waste with boxes made from recycled material.
Silver winner: Green Kitchen
A local meal plan subscription with sustainably sourced proteins and produce.
Kudos to the nominees: Citizen Box by Edible Garden City, Onhand Agrarian, and Zenxin Organic.
20. Best Sustainable Gift
Gold winner: Pass It On
It sells plantable candles and sustainable gifts, with proceeds going to Eden Reforestation Projects.
Silver winner: Mama Shop
The eco-lifestyle brand champions sustainability and zero-waste.
Kudos to the nominees: Innerfyre, Maison 21G, Unplastik, Purple & Pure, and Looqal.
21. Best Place for an Earth-Friendly Meal
Gold winner: Grain
Grain offers plant-based protein and dairy-free oat milk in planet-friendly packaging, and donates excess meals daily.
Silver winner: SaladStop!
Its first net-zero outlet lets you offset your meal by contributing $0.20 to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions.
Kudos to the nominees: Bamboo Bowls, Fura, AIR, The Boneless Kitchen, Herbivore, and Analogue.
22. Best Vegan Menu in a Restaurant
Gold winner: Green Dot
Known for plant-based meals with a local spin, Green Dot offers fast-casual vegetarian dining.
Silver winner: Real Food
Real Food is popular for its sustainable, made-from-scratch, preservative-free vegetarian food.
Kudos to the nominees: The Kind Bowl, Genesis Vegan Restaurant, Joie, Warung Ijo, and Elemen.
23. Best Farm-to-Table Restaurant
Gold winner: Open Farm Community
As Singapore’s pioneering urban farm and restaurant concept, it supports local and regional organic growers and limits single-use plastics.
Silver winner: Scaled by Ah Hua Kelong
This is the first fish farmer-owned restaurant in Singapore to serve locally farmed seafood.
Kudos to the nominees: Kaarla Wood-Fire Grill, Bistro by Gardenasia, Rosemead, Smith Marine, Vineyard, and Poison Ivy Bistro.
24. Best Guilt-Free Dessert Store
Gold winner: Kind Kones
This vegan ice cream spot is free from dairy, egg, preservatives, and artificial additives.
Silver winner: Delcie’s Desserts
Its menu is dairy-free and lactose-intolerant-friendly, crafted with ingredients free of animal by-products.
Kudos to the nominees: The Clean Addicts, Roa, Locaba, Momolato, Fieldnotes, and Rae Bakes Vegan.
25. Best Sustainable Initiative With An Impact
Gold winner: Plastify
It upcycles discarded plastic into reusable items and hosts educational sustainable workshops and beach clean-ups.
Silver winner (it’s a tie!): GoodHood SG
The ‘digital kampong’ is made for communities to connect by sharing pre-loved items and resources.
Silver winner: Mushroom Buddies
It empowers differently-abled youths by providing employment and contributing to Singapore’s sustainable food goals.
Kudos to the nominees: Package Pals, SusGain, Survive The Collapse, and Project 2×2.
26. Best Business Doing Good for the Planet
Gold winner: The Food Bank Singapore
The charity acquires donated food from farms, retail stores, restaurants and consumers for its beneficiaries.
Silver winner: Zero Waste Singapore
This organisation plans educational recycling campaigns and zero-waste school programmes.
Kudos to the nominees: Crust Group, Bettr Coffee, Thryft, Treatsure, VegThisCity, ReXtore, and Enovatek.
27. Best Sustainable Startup Superstar
Gold winner: Magorium
Magorium converts all plastic waste into a material called NEWBitumen to build roads.
Silver winner: Package Pals
The circular packaging initiative for businesses collects and distributes secondhand packaging for reuse.
Kudos to the nominees: Muuse, Neu Battery Materials, and Prefer Coffee.
28. Coolest Eco-Warrior We Adore
Gold winner: Jasmine Tuan
Jasmine is a passionate advocate for sustainable fashion and the co-founder of Cloop, which collects textiles for recycling and reuse.
Silver winner: Mayur Singh
Mayur is the co-founder of The Green Collective, Singapore’s first collective of sustainable brands.
Kudos to the nominees: Melissa Lam, Qiyun Woo, Audrey Yang, Stephanie Dickson, Elizabeth Homersham, and Susannah Jaffer.
29. Best Urban Farm or Garden in Singapore
Gold winner: Bollywood Farms
The lush Bollywood Farms offers guided farm tours and houses a farm-to-table bistro.
Silver winner: City Sprouts
City Sprouts adds greenery to urban spaces and develops educational programs on environmental issues.
Kudos to the nominees: Kin Yan Farm, Artisan Green, Edible Garden City, Spore Gardens, Sustenir, and Greenhood.
30. Best Green Spa and Wellness Treatment
Gold winner: Kew Organics
Kew Organics offers vegan, organic, and toxic-free products in its wellness treatments.
Silver winner: Love Hair
Touted as the only eco-conscious hair salon in Singapore, it tones down on chemicals for healthier hair.
Kudos to the nominees: Chinois Spa, The Organic Room, Pure Tincture, and Organics Beauty.
Thank you to our Sustainability Champions!
Choosing our 2024 nominees was quite a task, with so many amazing businesses out there. That’s why we’re saying a huge thank you to our Sustainability Champions for guiding us with valuable input. Let’s get to know them…
Audrey Yang is a climate and social justice campaigner and the founder of Thought Partner, where she supports SMEs on business strategies that centre the planet and its people. Since 2018, she has been creating digestible content on sustainability and socio-political issues that inspire others to take action for a better world. Some of her initiatives include Circular CNY, where she built a resource-matching sheet for people to donate and adopt used snack containers, and a plus-size fashion swap that offered more sustainable ways of fashion consumption for the plus-sized community.
Say hello to Elizabeth Homersham. You probably know her as ‘The Conscious Lizzy” a creator on a mission to share her imperfect but inspiring sustainable journey and encourage others to live more consciously. After seven years in the advertising world, she now dedicates her time to working with inspiring women and planet-friendly brands. Join Lizzy for beach cleans, trash art, and a whole lot of sustainable fun on Instagram @theconsciouslizzy.
Sera Murphy is a personal stylist and founder of The Reoutfitter, a fashion and wardrobe styling consultant with an emphasis on promoting circular fashion. She also curates the finest selection of preloved fashion in Singapore through The Reoutfitter Shop.
Meet Jasmine Tuan, a zero-waste lifestyle and sustainable fashion advocate and activist. Besides sharing her zero-waste journey on Instagram and her blog, Jasmine runs the circular fashion social enterprise Cloop which aims to close the fashion loop for good with creative ways to enjoy new styles. She also expedited the rollout of the iconic yellow textile recycling bins across Singapore.
As an impact-driven entrepreneur, Mayur Singh is passionate about sustainability. He builds, advises, and invests in climate tech and sustainability-focused SMEs. Mayur also co-founded The Green Collective SG, Singapore’s first collective of sustainable brands. Additionally, he serves as the president of the Centre for a Responsible Future, Singapore’s largest non-profit advocating for a plant-based lifestyle.
Through our Sustainability Awards, we hope we’ve helped you discover new brands and inspired you to make planet-friendly lifestyle changes. See you next year!
