Sustainability The School has long been exercising green practices including minimising additional provision of air-conditioning and lighting, grouping classes on Sundays or public holidays to one major learning centre for electricity efficiency and gradually abandoning the use of biodegradable umbrella wraps, etc. Green procurement so that goods are acquired with minimal adverse environmental impacts has been in force. Other environmental practices on waste reduction and adoption of the 4R concept to reduce, reuse, recycle and replace have also been implemented, for example reducing types of printed stationery, operating recycling programmes for paper, plastic and other recycling materials with provision of recycle bins in common areas, promoting use of double-side printing and e-versions of teaching / office handouts to minimise paper consumption. With concerted efforts, the total paper consumption of the School in 202122 dropped considerably by 23.3% while electricity consumption fell by 2.6% compared to that of 2020-21. Moreover, conservation begins with education. HKU SPACE has been offering professional and quality education in different programmes / courses relating to sustainability, such as the Certificate in Sustainable Communities and the Certificate for Module (Philosophy and Practice of Sustainability in Architecture). Recently, the School has also launched a number of ESG courses, e.g. Certificate for Module (Wealth Accumulation Series: ESG Investing), Certificate for Module (Leadership in Applied ESG and Sustainability), and Certificate for Module (Applied ESG and Intelligent Technologies), etc., aiming to meet the growing demand from the learning public on the concepts, factors and investment opportunities of ESG; the challenges, advantages and application of ESG and sustainability management. The College of Life Sciences of Technology (CLST) has started to develop ESG programmes, some of which were targeted at IT professionals with professional training needs on data analysis for ESG. Three Certificate for Module programmes were offered in collaboration with Allied Environmental Consultants Ltd. The College also launched the Certificate for Module (Corporate Climate Competence and Carbon Management) with Carbon Care Asia. The School has been a supporting partner of the CarbonCare® Label Scheme since 2019. The scheme has been run since 2011. It recognises the sustainability efforts of businesses and organisations in their actions to tackle climate change and achieve carbon reduction/ neutrality status by Measuring, Reducing and Offsetting (MRO) their carbon footprints. HKU SPACE will continue to call for the collaborative efforts and support from students, teachers and colleagues to help promulgate and participate in green practices and sustainability issues. 可持續發展 學院一直推行環保概念，包括減少提供額外空 調及照明，把星期日及公眾假期的課堂集中安 排到一間主要教學中心以節省電力；並逐步淘 汰可生物降解的雨傘袋等。學院實行綠色採購， 以保證購入的物品對環境造成最低傷害。為達 致環保減廢，學院貫徹執行4R 原則，即減廢 （reduce）、重用（reuse）、回收（recycle）及代 替（replace），相關措施包括減少列印、推行廢 紙、塑膠及其他物料回收計劃、於公用空間設置 回收箱、鼓勵雙面列印，以及在教學／公務上以 電子文件取代紙本等。與2020/21 年度相較，學 院在2021/22 年度的總用紙量銳減23.3%，用 電量亦成功減少2.6%。 環保從教育開始。香港大學專業進修學院提供 多個與可持續發展相關的課程／學科，包括永續 社區證書及證書（單元：建築永續性的哲學與實 踐），務求透過專業及優質的教育服務為可持續 發展出一分力。最近，學院再推出了一系列環境、 社會與管治課程，例如證書（單元：財富增值系 列：ESG投資法）、證書（單元：環境、社會與管 治應用和可持續性領導）、證書（單元：環境、社 會與管治應用和智能科技）等，教授學員環境、 社會與管治的概念、因素及投資機會，以及環 境、社會與管治及永續性管理的挑戰、優勢及應 用，以滿足社會在這方面日益增長的學習需求。 生命科學及科技學院已着手開拓環境、社會與管 治課程，部分課程乃針對資訊科技專業人士在環 境、社會與管治數據分析方面的專業培訓需要。 我們又與沛然環境評估工程顧問有限公司合作， 推出了三個單元證書課程；另外與低碳亞洲合作 推出證書（單元：企業氣候應對力與碳管理）課 程。香港大學專業進修學院自2019年起成為「低 碳關懷標籤」計劃的支持夥伴，該計劃於2011 年推出，表彰企業和機構在可持續發展方面的努 力，鼓勵企業和機構身體力行應對氣候變化，透 過碳量度、碳減排和碳抵銷來減低碳足跡，以達 致減碳／碳中和狀態。 香港大學專業進修學院將繼續尋求學生、教師及 同事的合作和支持，推出更多環保措施，並進一 步參與可持續發展工作。 DIRECTOR’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR院長回顧 30
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