Rethinking Sustainability Skills: Bridging Education and Industry

As Hong Kong accelerates its sustainability transformation, a critical need has emerged to develop and enhance specialised skills across the workforce. This timely roundtable brings together sustainability learners, corporate leaders, and educators to address the urgent challenge of building sustainability capacity across sectors.

Participants will engage in focused discussions examining how sustainability learning journeys intersect with industry needs in Hong Kong’s unique context. Through structured dialogue between professionals pursuing sustainability education, organisations implementing sustainability initiatives, and institutions delivering education, this session aims to generate actionable insights for all stakeholders.

The roundtable features a dynamic format of expert presentations followed by facilitated table discussions, ensuring diverse perspectives are heard and innovative solutions are captured.

Learnings

– Understand evolving sustainability skill requirements from multiple perspectives
– Identify key gaps in current capacity building approaches
– Discover emerging best practices in sustainability education and professional development
– Build connections across the sustainability talent ecosystem

Post-Event Actions

– Apply insights to enhance sustainability training and education programs
– Develop collaborative approaches to address identified skills gaps
– Connect with potential partners for sustainability capacity building initiatives
– Implement specific strategies to advance sustainability skills within your organisation