The College of Management, NSYSU has long emphasized social responsibility and sustainability issues. In addition to publishing the USR Annual Report and Quarterly Newsletter, the College of Management and the Institute of Public Affairs Management co-hosted a two-day 2022 CSR Consensus Camp from September 30 to October 1, inviting experts from various fields to speak and share their views. The College also signed a memorandum of understanding with PwC Taiwan for the third year in a row. We are looking forward to further cooperation between the two parties.
At the contract renewal ceremony, Shu-chuan Jennifer Yeh, Dean of the College of Management, NSYSU, expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to collaborate with PwC Taiwan, which plays a key role in developing sustainable affairs in Taiwan. Under the leadership of Associate Dean Jui-Kun Kuo of the Institute of Public Affairs Management, both the Institute’s CSR and National Sun Yat-sen USR have achieved remarkable results. Eliza Li, Leader of Sustainability and Climate Change Services at PwC Taiwan, said she was grateful for the opportunity to continue to work together with academia and talent development, and she looked forward to even better performance and more impact in future projects with National Sun Yat-sen University.
Associate Dean Anlin Chen of the College of Management, NSYSU, highlighted the contribution of Associate Dean Jui-Kun Kuo of the Institute of Public Affairs Management to sustainable management at NSYSU. Associate Dean Kuo also said sustainability issues are happening all around us. We hope that this consensus camp will enhance the exchange and understanding of sustainability trends between the academia and the industry, provide professors and students with more sustainable cross-disciplinary and professional knowledge, as well as developing unlimited internship and employment opportunities in the future.
The theme of the camp was “Challenges and Responses – The Road to Net Zero Carbon Emission.” Special guests, Leader of Sustainability and Climate Change Services at PwC Taiwan, Eliza Li; International Climate Development Institute CEO, Kung-yueh Chao; CSRone Sustainability Think Tank Vice President of Operations, Hou-ju Chen; and Carrefour Director of Corporate Sustainability, Hsiao-chen Su spoke with the participants. They shared the current status of sustainable development of domestic and foreign enterprises, ESG information disclosure, international carbon tax and carbon rights trading, and issues such as multi-stakeholders and sustainable communication. The goal was to provide students and faculty members with CSR knowledge, not only to understand the direction of CSR report writing, but also to internalize the knowledge, so that it can be influential and implemented in their lives.
Chairman Eliza Li, who has an accounting major, mentioned in her speech the sustainable development path of the company, the planning of sustainable financial policies by the authorities in Taiwan’s capital market, the trend of ESG information disclosure, and company’s Net Zero planning. She also explained the relevant regulations. For example, setting a Science-Based Target (SBT) requires a realistic strategic plan that allows investors to understand how the company will respond to climate risk and its impact on the business. In terms of the development trend of international carbon tariff and carbon trading, International Climate Development Institute CEO Kung-yueh Chao introduced the four pillars of climate development: mitigation, adaptation, technology, and finance. He then brought up the 2050 Net Zero Transition Plan, climate finance, and finally the future challenges of carbon trading in Taiwan.
In 2020, the College signed a memorandum of understanding with CSRone Sustainability Think Tank, a communication and knowledge platform, and this year a memorandum of understanding was signed for the third year in a row. Vice President of Operations, Hou-ju Chen shared his views on multi-stakeholder relationships and sustainable communication. He explained how to identify stakeholders in sustainability reports, and how to identify, design and analyze the effectiveness of communication issues. As for the well-known company Carrefour, not only is it a company, but it also plays the role of a platform in terms of the work that upstream suppliers and producers and downstream consumers have done on sustainability. Carrefour’s Director of Corporate Sustainability, Hsiao-chen Su, pointed out that in terms of supplying eggs on the market, she observed that most of the breeding farms are cage-fed farms, and cage-feeding causes animals to be susceptible to diseases and dirty environments, which are not sustainable operations. After Carrefour discovered this, they used the channel as a starting point to transform the animal husbandry industry and promote cage-free eggs.
The annual CSR Consensus Camp of the College of Management, NSYSU is now in its third year. It provides a bridge for students and faculty to learn about industry trends, international issues, social responsibility and sustainability, and it will also have a real impact on the life and practical knowledge of NSYSU students and faculty.