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— Partnership will leverage ENGIE’s expertise and SBS Transit’s extensive bus and rail network to drive sustainability and digital transformation in Singapore’s public transit.

— MOU inked in Q4 of 2023 sealing both companies’ commitment, marks new milestone in SBS Transit’s sustainability journey during their 50^th year anniversary year.

SINGAPORE, 24 January 2024 – SBS Transit, Singapore’s leading public transport operator, announces ENGIE, a global leader in low-carbon energy and services, as its sustainability partner. Together, the two companies will work to reduce the environmental impact of SBS Transit’s fleet of over 3,500 buses and nearly 80 MRT and LRT stations.

Through this partnership, ENGIE will collaborate with SBS Transit to reduce their emissions and energy consumption, improving SBS Transit’s energy efficiency, and overall driving higher industrial standards for environmental sustainability across their bus and railway systems.

This will be done through greening SBS Transit’s energy mix with on-site renewables, implementing energy efficiency projects, and leveraging digital solutions to reduce overall resource consumption. Key among the range of solutions to be implemented by ENGIE will be its highly integrated Smart Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Platform. 

With this centralised digital platform, SBS Transit will soon embrace a paradigm shift in its transport operations. ENGIE’s Smart O&M will enable remote, real-time monitoring of assets and infrastructure, reducing system downtime and disruptions, improving maintenance, automating anomaly detection in equipment performance, and optimising energy performance tracking and notification and report workflows.
 

“ENGIE is honoured to be SBS Transit’s chosen sustainability partner. Together we will create a more resilient, efficient, and environmentally conscious public transport hub for Singapore. With our shared vision for sustainable development and passion for digital transformation, ENGIE looks forward to a fruitful partnership that will enhance SBS Transit’s decarbonisation journey”, said Mr Thomas Baudlot CEO ENGIE South East Asia.

The announcement of ENGIE as SBS Transit’s sustainability partner follows the transport operator’s recent win for the Bukit Merah Bus Package tender, which grants a five-year extension on SBS Transit’s operation of seven bus interchanges that cover 17 of the 220 bus services it manages across Singapore.

SBS Transit Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jeffrey Sim, added, “SBS Transit is proud of our partnership with ENGIE to advance our commitment to sustainability. As Singapore’s leading public transport operator, we are committed to creating long-term shared value for all our stakeholders through sustainable growth. We have been working with ENGIE to incorporate sustainability measures with impact into our operations and today’s announcement reaffirms our steadfast commitment to reducing our impact on the environment.”

SBS Transit and ENGIE’s sustainability partnership was sealed in a Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony on 15 November 2023, marking a significant step forward for SBS Transit in its decarbonisation journey. This move also aligned SBS Transit with Singapore’s National Agenda on Sustainable Development under the Green Plan 2030 – contributing towards the country’s goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. 

 

About ENGIE 

ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. With its 96,000 employees, its customers, partners and stakeholders, the Group is committed to accelerating the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions. Inspired by its purpose (“raison d’être”), ENGIE reconciles economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet, building on its key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to its customers.

In Southeast Asia, we are a fast-growing team of nearly 2,000 employees. With a geographical focus in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, we bring efficient energy solutions spanning from integrated facilities management and low-carbon infrastructure (district cooling, EV charging, onsite solar, etc.) to large-scale renewables to our clients across the industry, real estate, and data center sectors. We act throughout the value chain to help our clients decarbonize today, for a better tomorrow.

About SBS Transit

SBS Transit is a public-listed company in Singapore and a member of the ComfortDelGro Group, which is one of the world’s leading land transport companies. A multi-modal public transport operator, SBS Transit runs the North East Line, which is the world’s first automated, underground heavy metro system. It also operates the Downtown Line, which is currently the longest underground MRT line in Singapore, and the Sengkang-Punggol Light Rail Transit Systems. In total, it operates 78 stations with 192 trains running on 83 track-km. It is also the biggest and most experienced public bus operator in Singapore. With a fleet of more than 3,000 buses, it operates some 220 bus routes. Every day, it carries more than three million passenger trips on its network of buses and trains. For more information, please visit www.sbstransit.com.sg.

 

ENGIE South East Asia press contact(s):

Zann Chua
Regional Head of Marketing & Communications 
ENGIE South East Asia
M: +65 9155 5600
E: zann.chua@engie.com

Jennifer Zdaniuk
Regional Manager, Marketing & Communications 
ENGIE South East Asia
M: +65 8176 0736
E: jennifer.zdaniuk@engie.com

 

SBS Transit press contact(s):

Goh Xin Ying
Assistant Manager, Corporate Communications
SBS Transit
M: +65 9818 3620
E: gohxinying@sbstransit.com.sg