Enterprise Sustainability Programme and the move to the EDGE Grant

Read this first if you are planning a grant application

The Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Market Readiness Assistance grant (MRA) and the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) cease on 29 September 2026. From 30 September 2026, applications go through the new EDGE Grant.

Ongoing EDG, MRA and PSG submissions and projects continue to be processed. But if you are preparing a new application, check which framework you are applying under before you start.

The EDGE Grant:

• Consolidates eight business areas and more than 100 activities into one framework, with Sustainability as one of the eight
• Up to 70 per cent support for SMEs; up to 50 per cent for non-SMEs
• Subject to a shared cap of S$100,000 of total grant support per year across all EDGE activities

That shared annual cap is the material change. Under the old structure a company could run separate applications under separate grants. Under EDGE, sustainability work competes for the same annual envelope as every other supported activity.

What the Enterprise Sustainability Programme is

The ESP was launched on 4 October 2021. At launch, up to S$180 million was set aside with the aim of benefiting at least 6,000 enterprises over the following four years.

Treat those figures as historical. The four-year horizon set at launch ran to 2025, and neither figure appears on Enterprise Singapore's current ESP page. They describe the programme's original scale, not its scale today.

The programme has three pillars:

1. Capability development - training enterprises on sustainability concepts and supporting capability projects
2. Sector-specific initiatives - partnerships with industry bodies to drive sustainability across value chains
3. Ecosystem support - collaboration with service providers on training, certification and financing

Knowledge resources include the Sustainability Playbooks (foundational, decarbonisation and sector-specific) and the SME Sustainability Hub.

Support rates: two corrections worth knowing

Two claims circulate widely and both need care.

First, sustainability projects attracted an enhanced EDG rate of up to 70 per cent for SMEs, against the standard 50 per cent that has applied since 1 April 2023. That enhanced 70 per cent rate expired on 31 March 2026 and is no longer available.

Second, the frequently quoted step-down - 70 per cent for applications from 1 November 2024 to 31 March 2026, then 50 per cent for applications from 1 April 2026 to 31 October 2027 - belongs to the SME Sustainability Reporting Programme, a distinct scheme. It is not a general ESP support rate.

What is and is not affected by the consolidation

PSG for Carbon Management, which funds pre-approved carbon accounting software and capability, is the one most commonly cited as a live channel without noting that PSG itself is ending. Verify the EDGE-era equivalent before budgeting for it.

The SME Sustainability Reporting Programme

Small and medium enterprises with annual revenue below S$100 million are not required to do climate reporting. Many are asked to anyway - by large customers, by banks, or as a condition of tendering. The SME Sustainability Reporting Programme offers advisory at cost-competitive rates covering materiality assessment, data collection and emissions quantification, and drafting a report aligned to GRI or TCFD.

Other channels

• The Energy Efficiency Grant (EEG) supports equipment investment, with up to 70 per cent for SMEs and 30 per cent for non-SMEs on pre-approved energy-efficient equipment.
• The Investment Allowance for Emissions Reduction (IA-ER) offers an allowance on capital expenditure for approved emissions-reduction projects.
• Through partnerships with DBS, UOB and OCBC and with trade associations, businesses can access carbon accounting tools, advisory services and preferential financing rates.

Practical sequence for an SME

1. Produce a basic Scope 1 and Scope 2 figure first, using Gprnt if you have no in-house capability. It costs little and it tells you whether there is anything worth funding.
2. Then apply for support against a specific project, under whichever framework is open at the time.
3. Check dates before you start. This is the fastest-moving area on this site.

Enterprise Singapore's current list of financial support schemes is at https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/financial-support .