Learn about the 2025 Hub for Sustainability Integration Conference!
Message from the Executive in Residence
Closing the Skills Gap
The University of Waterloo’s Hub for Sustainability Integration is a nexus of interaction, collaboration, and advancement. It will provide members with the opportunity for iterative collaboration and innovation, sharing collective experience to advance sustainability integration in their organizations, in experiential education, and through the student consultancy. The University of Waterloo is developing and preparing tomorrow’s sustainability leaders to play an integral role in a sustainable future. Ultimately, Sustainability will be integrated into every business decision so that it becomes a natural part of everything we do.
HUB for Sustainability Integration
The HUB is a sustainability ecosystem bringing together a student consultancy and a sustainability business council, while incorporating professional development. In this video, Jennifer Roedding, the Executive in Residence for the University of Waterloo’s Hub for Sustainability Integration, provides brief historical details on the path sustainability has taken and how the University plans on being a major part of the solution.
In essence, our ultimate goal is to have sustainability be a consideration in all business decisions. To this end, the University of Waterloo is being defined as a world leader in sustainability integration – our Student Consultancy course provides experiential learning to establish skills in business, consultancy, and sustainability.
News
Are the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals on track? | World Economic Forum
How much progress is being made on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
- Multiple global crises continue to put the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals 'in peril', the UN says.
- Its 2023 update report shows a significant reversal of progress in key areas such as child vaccination rates and income inequality between countries.
- These challenges will be the focus of the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meetings on 18-22 September 2023.
Uncovering Hidden ESG Risks in Your Supply Chain
Your supply chain could be full of hidden environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks, which can seriously harm your reputation and market access, as well as disrupt your supply chain and halt production.
This guide details the best practices for effective supply chain risk mitigation, including how to use ESG data from the public domain to improve your ESG program.
Nasdaq 2023: ESG & Climate Survey
ESG is more than sustainability.
Nasdaq has commissioned an independent study to see how 100 decision-makers in the ESG space are:
- Structuring and resourcing their sustainability teams,
- Assessing barriers to and drivers of their sustainability agendas,
- Crafting their ESG and climate risk mitigation strategies,
- Planning their technology investment plans.
In this article, you can:
-
Access more answers and insights from the respondents by downloading the full report,
-
Explore ways to elevate your ESG strategy.