Joint Chief Executives Bruce Tait and Abeer Macintyre will be keynote speakers this week (November 13-16) at a conference in Singapore hosted by Think Global Sustainability, a network of more than 3,400 professionals.

They will give expert guidance on complying with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), corporate social responsibility, values-based recruitment and managing a multi-generational workforce.

“We are delighted to be speaking at this very significant global conference to spread the word about the importance of each of us - as individuals or organisations - understanding the increasing requirement to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals and to take responsibility for doing so,” said Bruce.

BTA is a one-stop shop for charity consultancy and recruitment and is Scotland's leading agency in this field. Sustainable development and ethical practices are at the heart of everything that BTA does.

Think Global Sustainability (TGS) is mapping its objectives to the targets of the SDGs - a set of calls to action agreed by all countries to be achieved by 2030 - and Its 2019 conference in Singapore will have a major focus on the goals. The international network is concentrating particularly on the SDGs concerned with quality education, gender equality, and decent work and economic growth. 

TGS said: "This year we have decided to work with BTA because of their efforts towards non-discriminating/equal opportunity hiring. Equality is the core value of this company and the TGS network shares this value."

At the Singapore conference, Bruce and Abeer will give presentations and host discussions on a range of subjects such as sustainable growth, complying with the SDGs without hindering the business, effective recruitment and sustaining staff.

Abeer said: “BTA is using all of its knowledge and influence to support the change that needs to happen. We believe we are at the forefront of supporting companies, whether that be in the third, public or private sectors, to understand how they can play their part and audit themselves against each element of the goals. 

“This runs concurrently with helping them to understand how to engage with a workforce and public who will increasingly hold them to account regarding their values and practices."