Time to invest in a sustainable future
- From city planning to environmental protection, studies in sustainability are highly sought after and have become popular in both education and business fields
As sustainability has become a major part of the discourse in business dealings and urban developments in Hong Kong, China and the rest of the world, it pays to have the know-how required to build a smart city.
For university graduates who aspire to work in the fields of corporate sustainability, environmental management or consultancy, or those who are already in business development and management but would like to acquire knowledge of environmental issues, the master of social science in the field of corporate environmental governance offered by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) could be an ideal choice.
“Our aim is to attract talented individuals to join a programme that will equip them with the knowledge and understanding of the complex socio-economic and environmental challenges our globalised world faces,” says Dr Margaret Burnett, programme director.
The programme, which can be completed in a year for full-time students and two years for part-time, takes on an interdisciplinary approach to tackle the interdependencies of sustainability issues.
It aims to assist future decision makers who are, according to Burnett, able to “break from silo thinking”, and who are equipped with environmental literacy and understanding of the interplay across social, political and environmental issues.
