The Hub for Sustainability Integration is a sustainability ecosystem that connects students, researchers, and industry leaders to advance sustainability in business decision-making.
Jointly led by the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) and the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), the Hub bridges academia and practice through initiatives like the Student Consultancy, Sustainability Business Council, and professional development programs that help organizations embed sustainability into their strategies.
Sustainability Integration Defined
Sustainability Integration can be defined as such:
- The process of embedding / integrating sustainability into everything an organization does: from governance and strategy to day-to-day operations, processes, metrics and reporting.
- Both natural and social systems.
- A continuum exists regarding the extent of sustainability integration that organizations must consider in making decisions and developing sustainability strategies and integration workplans.
- Every decision within an organization is embedded in sustainability.
Our vision
- To be a nexus of interaction, collaboration, and advancement that defines UW as a world leader in Sustainability Integration.
- A collaboration of SAF and SEED to foster innovation, interaction, multi-directional communication and advancement of sustainability integration:
- Across the two schools.
- In organizations (through the Business Advisory Council).
- With students.