As part of this commitment, we partner with CFA Institute to enhance studentsโ exposure to industry-recognized knowledge in sustainable investing and ESG integration โ bridging academic learning with real-world application. HKU SLG students, alumni, and staff also enjoy special pricing on the Sustainable Investing Certificate.
On August 26, 2026, the Centre for Civil Society and Governance welcomed the 2026-27 cohort of the MSocSc in Sustainability Leadership & Governance (SLG) programme
On May 9, 2026, alumni, current students, and teachers of the Master of Social Sciences in Sustainability Leadership and Governance (SLG) programme gathered to share experience and forge new connections, enjoying a wonderful evening dedicated to reconnecting and strengthening our SLG community.
Together with SLG Programme 2025 graduate and CCSG Scholarship recipient Ms. Hilary Tse (Air Network Planning and Engineering Manager, Customer Engineering and Long Range at FedEx), SLG Programme CoโDirector Dr. Vivian Chu shared powerful insights on why logistics is at the heart of sustainability โ and how the industry is rapidly transforming to meet new challenges.
Last Saturday, RTHKโs Climate Watcher invited Dr. Winnie Law, Programme Co-Director and Principal Lecturer of Sustainability Leadership and Governance (SLG) Programme of the Centre, together with Nancy Yau, Senior Manager of Sustainability and Corporate Communications at a major Hong Kong fast food chain and a 2025 SLG alumnus, to discuss the challenges fast food industry faces in implementing sustainability across the supply chain, as well as ways to promote environmental protection and social responsibility.
Green Industry Policies (GIPs) are vital tools for supporting decarbonization efforts worldwide. This seminar explores how institutional design influences the effectiveness of GIPs, focusing on ammonia co-combustion in Japanโa promising strategy to reduce emissions from coal-fired power generation, and examine the role of government within inter-organizational networks that facilitate low-carbon technology development and deployment.
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This taster lecture examines sustainability challengesโsystemic interdependencies, policy inertia, and governance gapsโalongside climate attitudes and policy preferences in relation to the role of fossil fuel investments in carbon removal technologies. It analyses how different climate narratives influence public support for transition policies, revealing tensions between technological optimism and climate urgency in regulatory frameworks amid sustainability transition.
In an immersive start to the second semester, our SLGP students took the initiative and participated in a field trip to Pak Nai in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. The visit provided a unique opportunity to integrate classroom learning with hands-on conservation work and stakeholder engagement.
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At the annual ReThink HK 2025 conference, a team of five HKU students from the SLGP Programme Seunghyun Hong, Kyoko Dobashi, Clarence Watt, Wang On Y., and Kenna Chan partnered with the youth-led organization 2041 Hong Kong to launch a Circular Economy Social Experiment. The initiative engaged conference attendees to gauge public perception and assess the feasibility of implementing circular economy principles within Hong Kong.
