An unwavering
commitment to
data-driven integrity
In 2021, Tuu emerged in Singapore with a mission to track and rate sustainability data in various sectors such as hotels, offices, restaurants, and schools. But when Covid hit, many of our potential partnerships were disrupted. So, we shifted our focus to international schools.
Partnering with schools across Southeast Asia, we've been tracking, celebrating, and enhancing genuine sustainability efforts - led by data.
We collaborate with green committees to help nurture tomorrow's green leaders. Plus, we've crafted sustainability courses to help students gather and analyse sustainability data around campus, and introduced a Sustainability Educator Certification for teachers.
Expanding our reach, we're now offering all our resources free of charge to underprivileged schools worldwide through the tuu foundation.
We’re now gearing up to improve sustainability in the hospitality sector with our “Eco Stay Awards”.
Opting, as always, for a data-driven approach, our awards respond to the global demand for “eco-friendly” accommodations that customers can trust.
Our commitment to data-driven integrity remains unwavering.
We stand firm against greenwashing and prioritise authenticity over self-certification.
Meet the Team
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Terry Blackburn - Founder
With more than 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, impact investing, and advisory, Terry is passionate about creating and supporting innovative solutions for climate change. Before Tuu, in 2004 Terry founded the Asia Property Awards and the Asia Real Estate Summit, which grew to become the region's largest and most influential events for the real estate industry covering 17 countries, before the business was acquired by NYSC-listed PropertyGuru in 2017.
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Tanattha (Pongpang) Saengmorakot, Events Manager
Tanattha has spent more than 12 years planning and executing events across Asia, organising some of the region's biggest, logistically challenging and most sophisticated gala presentations and conferences. She has a passion for delivering exciting, memorable and impactful client experiences and is responsible for delivering a community-focused, low impact and fun Eco Stay Awards.
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Liam Aran Barnes - Cofounder
Since swapping the UK for Southeast Asia more than a decade ago, Liam has written, edited and consulted for some of the region’s leading newspapers, publishers, PR firms and media companies. He was previously Head of Brand & Publishing for Property Report and the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, the region’s longest-standing real estate investment publication and largest real estate event respectively.
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Ian Paynton - Cofounder
As a content agency owner with more than 14 years working in media and content marketing, Ian understands how to harnesses the power of data and storytelling to effectively communicate and build audiences on behalf of global brands. He is also a communications consultant on sustainability and human rights projects for some of the world’s largest development agencies and NGOs.
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Stewart Utley - Head of education
Stewart spent 8 years working in the international higher education industry in Asia; specialising in implementing technology enhanced learning across a variety of K-12 and university contexts. He has continued to pursue the intersect between technology and education on his return to the UK, supporting tuu with out vision of putting students at the heart of sustainability-focused technologies.