A recap of our Malaysian Association of Public Advocacy for Nature (MAPAN) plenary jointly organized with Sunway Business School on 14/3/23, a session full of sweet parting words for all #esgwarriors.
Highlights of the speeches by the various #esg#advocates
1. Plenary opening address by Prof Sibrand Poppema, President of #sunwayuniversity
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#sunwayuniversity is indeed a #sustainability#thoughtleadership#marketplace to nurture substantive practical #environmentalsocialgovernance advancements.
Message 1: Promoting #esg agenda through #sme involvement in #privatepublicpartnership is in the #dna of #sunwayuniversity.
2. Welcoming speech by Prof Weng Marc Lim, dean of Sunway Business School
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The youngest #malaysian professor with impressive research publications, walked the audience through the dire need to champion #esg as a strategic business #investment decision.
Message 2: An attitudinal paradigm shift in #sme to positively contribute to #esg growth in #malaysia is taking shape with more, emerging.
3. Topical narrate of Sunway Group as a #sustainablecity by Mr Ong Pang Yen, executive director (Chairman's office)
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His presentation around a #sunwaywonderful is candid and captivating as the #smartcity formation journey was long but totally rewarding and with memorable scores of many 1st in #malaysian history.
Message 3: Regardless of business or background, there are ways and means to engage in daily #ontheground#sustainabledevelopment.
4. #smefriendly green initiatives by director of UiTM Green Center, Assoc. Prof Datin Dr. Arnis Asmat
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Being the #largest public university in #malaysia, #ecogreen activities in all campuses of Universiti Teknologi MARA are significant and far-fetched in order to encompass many #energysaving areas, i.e. #Scope2 emission of #ghg.
Message 4: There are several used cases where #sme can painlessly enumerate to enhance their cost econonimization initiatives.
5. Microplastics by Prof Agamuthu Pariatamby, Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, #sunwayuniversity
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The #scientist in him revealed to the crowd that #microplastics is fast becoming an irreversible health menace. #esg if not responsibly addressed by the #industry at large, because, even #vegetables were found to have traces of #microplastic.
Message 5: #esg is a lifestyle concern to all individuals and corporate, like it or not.
6. #nanotechnology and #advance materials in #esgapplication by Prof Saidur Rahman, distinguished professor of #sunwayuniversity
7. #watermanagement by Prof Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua, Head Center for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization, #sunwayuniversity
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He mentioned an episode of #flood in Temerloh where #solardriven#membrane#filtrationsystem was deployed to purify #floodwater for #humanconsumption after boiling, a commonsensical approach during #watercrisis to restore #livelihood.
Message 7: How #smebusiness could well be rescuers of #climatechange, through their operations.
8. #ecosystemrestoration by Assoc Prof mohamad azani alias of Universiti Putra Malaysia
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To reduce #globalwarming, one shall plant 3 trees a year to create a massive #carbonsink collectively, the simple advice from this Yokohama National University trained #miyawaki#reforestation expert heading #biodivertity projects to restore #nativespecies procure from proximate #virginforest.
Message 8: Adopt a meaningful #effort in one's daily life, be it for a student at home or a staff at work.
9. Planetary Health for all by Dr Fatimah Ahamad from Sunway Centre for Planetary Health
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She outlined the broad spectrum of #planetaryboundaries where #human and #environnement co-exist in harmony, with the numerous #sunwayuniversity#outreachprogram. #environmentalsocialgovernance as to #carbonemissions, #socialequity and #waterconservation are part of the #holistic earth #ecosytem that #humanity propers.
Message 9: Start your #ecostewardship to embrace #greenbehavior, best when one is still a student.
10. Closing remark by Prof Susela Devi Suppiah, director of the Centre for Accounting and Governance Research, #sunwayuniversity
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Students and undergraduates are the future champions of #esg and #sunwayuniversity will continue its #communityengagement series to #propagate#environmentsocialleadership, the trend forward in #sustainablefuture.
Malaysian Association of Public Advocacy for Nature (MAPAN) takes pleasure that 5 of the eminent speakers are our founding members.
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#science is a #savior to #environmentalmanagement and #innovator to greater #humanity however dull or dry the knowledge may be. Without research on #advancedmaterials, #greenhydrogen and better #heattransfer will be impossible to be in a position to improve #energyefficiency of #solarpower and #renewableenergy.
Message 6: Ignoring science, #naturebasedsolutions will be at peril.
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