Durapower ditches spreadsheets for smarter carbon tracking with ESGpedia

The effects of global warming are clearly felt: 2024 was Singapore’s hottest year on record, and 2025 shows little improvement, starring longer, more intense heatwaves. While the failure to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions over the last two decades has caused an unavoidable rise in temperatures, one critical way to limit the damage is to cut carbon emissions at scale, and fast.

For many businesses, decarbonisation can feel complex and overwhelming. But at the Climate Governance Singapore Forum 2025, homegrown energy storage company Durapower Group demonstrated how corporations can start their efforts.

The company announced a new partnership with ESGpedia, an ESG data and technology platform, to kickstart a comprehensive emissions tracking programme. Backed by IMDA’s Advanced Digital Solutions (ADS) scheme — which supports digital transformation for sustainability — the initiative marks a major step forward in Durapower’s net-zero ambitions.

Durapower, known for producing lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles, has a vital role to play in the clean mobility transition. But until recently, its carbon accounting relied largely on spreadsheets. 

“With our global presence, Durapower has an extensive supply chain, which makes it difficult to educate and collect data from multiple suppliers, given that they often lack the knowledge or resources to calculate their GHG emissions,” said Tan Lay See, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer of Durapower Group. 

ESGpedia aided the company with its carbon calculator and database of localised emission factors, which enabled Durapower to more accurately measure emissions across both its direct operations and those generated by its international supply chain.

Beyond just calculations, ESGpedia supports Durapower with data collection, emissions monitoring, and sustainability reporting. Correspondingly, Durapower has established key ESG metrics — metrics which assess a company’s sustainability efforts from a more holistic view — to guide its sustainability roadmap. Some of these metrics include emissions performance, workforce diversity, and governance practices. 

For example, one notable goal for the coming financial year is for Durapower to adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) S1 and S2 for its sustainability disclosures. These global standards require companies to report on both general sustainability risks (under IFRS S1) and climate-related risks and opportunities (under IFRS S2), including governance strategies, risk management processes, and performance against specific targets. Ultimately, it provides stakeholders, investors, and consumers with transparency into the company’s efforts, which Durapower views as necessary to enhance its business competitiveness.

“Electrification is a key component in enabling decarbonisation of hard to abate sectors,” said Bejamin Soh, founder and Managing Director at ESGpedia.

“Durapower Group’s leadership in energy and battery solutions support and accelerate the decarbonisation in the automotive, marine, and machinery sectors. We are delighted to have enabled Durapower Group in strengthening its position as a leader in the clean energy sector, helping the Group credibly showcase its sustainability commitment to stakeholders, while achieving cost-optimisation, increased competitiveness, and enhanced data insights into their full value chain emissions.”

As both individuals and industries grapple with intensifying heat, the case for urgent decarbonisation has never been more clear. Durapower’s move toward digital emissions tracking offers an example of how companies can start their sustainability journey, take accountability, and play an active role in building a more sustainable future for all.