https://www.scmp.com/rss/323939/feed PolyU actively promotes university social responsibility and is championing a number of initiatives that effect change and make a positive difference around the world. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com [Sponsored article] Presenting in-depth details about a new product or service backed by a viable business plan is never an easy proposition, even for seasoned business owners. However, this is what teams of budding entrepreneurs from universities and secondary schools around the world achieved at The 5th Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge (GSC) 2017. The bi-annual event received over 250 applications from different schools around... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2101234/polyu-sparkles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2101234/polyu-sparkles?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:29:16 +0000 [Sponsored article] Innovation is inseparable from entrepreneurship, and so is social responsibility. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has therefore aimed to promote entrepreneurial culture of "Do Well Do Good" spirit at its 5th Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge (GSC) competition. Other than cultivating social responsibility, the GSC helps widen students' horizons to the world and foster exchanges with overseas talent. The GSC is PolyU’s international business... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2099554/polyus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/hong-kong/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2099554/polyus?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:56:34 +0000 [Sponsored article] The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) organised the "Launch Ceremony of the Cambodia Service-Learning and Leadership Summer School 2017" on 18 May. Combining leadership education and Service-Learning (SL), this Summer School is organised in collaboration with The Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), the national university of Cambodia, as part of PolyU's initiative in fostering students' holistic development, and in nurturing them as future ethical leaders with a... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2096652/combining-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2096652/combining-service?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jun 2017 07:39:53 +0000 [Sponsored Article]  The performance of the 50 constituent companies of the Hang Seng Index in the areas of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has greatly improved, according to results from the 2016 Hong Kong Business Sustainability Index (HKBSI). The Sustainability Management Research Centre (SMRC) at PolyU’s Department of Management and Marketing released the HKBSI for the second year recently, supported by the efforts of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and the Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2086969/corporate-social?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2086969/corporate-social?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:34:41 +0000 [Sponsored Article] The Sustainability Management Research Centre under the Department of Management and Marketing recently announced the results of the Fourth Hong Kong SME Business Sustainability Index. The Index was compiled with the support of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service and the Hong Kong Productivity Council, evaluating the performance of 33 SMEs selected from different corporate social responsibility (CSR) awards in Hong Kong. They were assessed particularly in CSR values, CSR... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2075733/polyu-announces-fourth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2075733/polyu-announces-fourth?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:45:24 +0000 [Sponsored Article] The Third Summit on University Social Responsibility (USR), a key initiative of the University Social Responsibility Network (USR Network), kicked-off on 4 November 2016 in Beijing. Co-hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Peking University (Peking U), the Summit has attracted over 100 academia from around the world to gather together for a fruitful exchange on an important agenda: "Nurturing a Culture for University Social Responsibility". The Opening... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2065342/polyu-co-hosts-third?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2065342/polyu-co-hosts-third?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:30:00 +0000 [Sponsored Article] Biofuel is a natural and renewable diesel engine fuel derived from biological materials, such as plant oils and animal fats. However, the purification of traditional liquid biodiesel catalyst generates a huge amount of wastewater. PolyU researchers have thus adopted precise surface chemistry engineering to develop a new class of solid catalyst for use in biodiesel production. This new Catalyst for Green Biodiesel can be synthesized in one step from low-grade unrefined... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2065338/catalyst-green?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2065338/catalyst-green?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:15:30 +0000 [Sponsored Article] The first cross-sector collaborative research platform, the University-Government-Industry Consortium for Sustainable Urban Development (UGI Consortium), was officially launched in July 2016 in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) with strong support from local universities, government departments and the industry. The UGI Consortium aims to serve as a platform for the development and implementation of new technologies and solutions for smart/sustainable cities and to... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2065337/establishment-ugi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-social-responsibility/article/2065337/establishment-ugi?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:00:30 +0000 [Sponsored Article]  According to UNAIDS, more than 5,000 children up to the age of 14 are living with HIV in Cambodia. Many of them are orphans, having survived parents who died of AIDS.  In the summer of 2014, students from the School of Optometry at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University went to Phnom Penh, the country’s capital, to provide eye screening for HIV-infected orphans. This was part of the Service-Learning programme that has become a hallmark of PolyU education.  PolyU is the first... https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-university-social-responsibility/article/2064666/brand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/news/topics/polyu-advocating-university-social-responsibility/article/2064666/brand?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:30:15 +0000