Kumarsingh: Retrenchments not ‘par for the course’ Kishan Kumarsingh. File Photo PANELISTS at the launch of the National Gas Company TT (NGC) agreed that energy companies in TT are gradually shifting toward a green economy, depending on cleaner and more sustainable forms of energy for the nation. But Kishan Kumarsingh head of the Multilateral Agreements Unit at the Ministry of Planning said while answering questions at the launch of NGC’s Sustainable Development Goals Report, the retrenchments being seen as a result of companies’ shift to cleaner energy should not be par for the course. “This (shift) was not happenstance. This was anticipated years ago when the climate issue came up,” Kumarsingh said. “Retrenchment should not be par for the course. As we transition to green business we have to ensure that opportunities are there.”