FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
LEVEL: BEGINNER HRDF: CLAIMABLE
Ten (10) CPD Hours approved by MBOT
In collaboration with SKG18: Group Health, Safety and Environment (GHSE)
TRAINERS:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Satirenjit K Johl, ASSOC. PROF. Dr. Poon Wai Ching, ASSOC. PROF. Dr. Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Bin Isha & ASSOC. PROF. Dr. Hasbullah Asari
2 - 3 AUGUST 2023
CAPE
Level 8, Permata Sapura, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur
9.00AM - 6.00PM
RM 2,250 FOR PROFESSIONALS
10% Discount for Early Bird (until 16 January 2023) / Group / Students
CONTENT SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Sustainability is quickly becoming one of the most important business topics of our time. This course is designed to provide an understanding of three pillars of sustainability which is social, environmental dan economic. The course also includes the discussions of the role of current and future technology for sustainability.
Introduction - Basic for social sustainability
- Overview of the course & learning outcomes
- Overview of Business Sustainability
- Introduction to Sustainable Development
- UN 2030 SDGs
- UNGP Business & Human Rights
- The Global Compact ESG
- Social Economics and Social Perspective (3 rings -social, economic, and environmental)
- Sustainable Development and Climate Change
- ESG aspects of sustainability - Just transition and climate change
- Building resilience
- Economic Focus on Customer needs in the transitions
- Industry to pivot (Oil & Gas industry, Supply Chain & Value Chain)
- Climate Change & Human Rights• Climate Change Adaption (Social aspect)
The Art of Influencing and Persuasion
- The Social Impact on SDG
- Social Inclusion
- The concept of social inclusion in SDG
- The focus of inclusiveness explains the need to identify who is being left behind and in what ways.
- SDGs and Social Development challenges for different group of people in the society:
- Ageing Civil Society
- Cooperatives
- Disability
- Employment
- Family
- Indigenous Peoples
- Poverty
- Social Inclusion
- Youth
- Health impact assessment (social aspect)
- Environmental health (social aspect)
Business Analytics for Value Co-Creation
- The impact of technology to Sustainability – a historical perspective that will discuss on:
- The impact of technology positively and negatively to sustainability that involved social, economy, and environment.
- The emergence awareness of the issue of sustainability and its impact on the emerging technology in construction, IT, energy sector, transportation, and manufacturing.
- Developing a sustainable technology strategy through,
- sustainability by technology strategy- using technology innovation to drive sustainability
- sustainability in technology strategy- making technology more sustainable
- sustainability at scale strategy- collaborate and synergize to achieve global effect of sustainability through technology initiatives.
- Leveraging technology innovation for sustainability through the national innovation system framework.
- Ecological Risk Assessment (Social aspect)
Circular economy from social perspective
- What is Circular Economy (Concepts, industry segments, redesign, reuse, redistribute, remanufacture, recycle, upcycle, and regenerative) - relate to Just transition
- The Principles of a Circular Economy in practice (examples)
- Circular Economy Strategies
- What are the social benefits /value of a Circular Economy?
- Role of the stakeholders in the implementation of a Circular Economy
- Impact Investment (Social aspect)
- Barriers to the implementation of a Circular Economy
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- To understand basic for social economics sustainability
- To discuss low carbon and social risk and impact to people (economics, job, new knowledge)
- To discuss the role of technology for sustainability4. To understand circular economy from social perspective
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Frontline Employees
- Marketing Officers/Executives/Managers
- Corporate Service Managers
OUR TRAINERS
1. Associate Professor Dr. Satirenjit K Johl (UTP)
2. Associate Professor Dr. Poon Wai Ching (UTP)
POON Wai Ching is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). Before joining UTP, she worked at Monash University Malaysia. Her research interests are applied economics, business economics, financial economics, sustainable development and education. Her research excellence and impact have been recognized by RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) as the top 25% of economists in Malaysia. She contributes to the Malaysian Finance Association, MFA (Honorary Secretary), Cogent Economics and Finance (Editor), Corporate Governance: An International Review and Management and Organization Review (Editorial Boards).
She has published in A*/A-ranked or Q1-ranked mainstream and multidisciplinary journals, such as Energy Economics, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, International Review of Finance, Scientometrics, International Business Review, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, etc.
She has established an international academic track record and well-established research collaboration with universities and research institutes nationally and internationally. She has secured over MYR 2.5 million competitive external grants from 2011-2020 from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Global Challenges Research Fund (UK), Monash_ASEAN Sustainable Development Grant Scheme, and Research Institute for Humanity & Nature (Japan).
Her expertise as a researcher of repute is valued by the academic and professional community, as evidenced by invitations to serve as a guest speaker to regularly speak in symposiums nationally and regionally. Besides, she is a subject matter expert for professional bodies (e.g., MFA; Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia). She was a Visiting Scholar in Finland, Japan, Australia, and Taiwan.
She has experience in supervising master’s and PhD to completion. Some PhD students received awards in competitions, colloquiums, and/or conferences.
She is the recipient of several awards, including Pro-Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pro-Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching Award for Outstanding Unit Evaluations.
Her research outputs have enriched businesses. She has given expert opinions to the media, such as in MalaysiaKini, The Sun Daily, The Star, The Business Times, SinChew, China Press, and TV programs (Majalah 3) in TV3.
3. Associate Professor Dr.
Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Bin Isha (UTP)
AP Dr Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isa is the Centre for Social Innovation (COSI), UTP. His area of expertise is in Occupational Health Psychology focuses on safety culture, behavioral based safety, human fatigue, and stress management. He is a member of European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. Before becoming an academia, he worked with the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) for thirteen years and served in a various department and institution under the ministry. Apart from his academic and research work, Dr Nizam is a consultant for a project related to his area of expertise and actively engaged in team dynamic facilitation
4. Associate Professor Dr.
Hasbullah Asari (UTP)
Dr Hasbullah Ashari expertise in Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management and Operations System Design. He had professional membership with Industrial Engineering & Operations Management (IEOM) Society and Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM)
REGISTRATION FEES
PROFESSIONALS
MYR2,250*
*fee quoted does not include SST, HRDF service fee, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable).
EARLY BIRD/ GROUP/ STUDENT
MYR2,025*
*fee quoted does not include SST, HRDF service fee, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable).
OUR LOCATION
Centre for Advanced & Professional Education (CAPE)
Level 8, Permata Sapura, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur
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+605 - 368 8485
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