Source: University of Canterbury – statements
18 August 2021
Business leaders are welcoming Aotearoa New Zealand’s first undergraduate sustainability degree, saying the sector is crying out for more expertise as it faces new targets and competing goals.
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Protest is just one way to take action and create change when it comes to social and environmental sustainability. Graduates of the University of Canterbury’s innovative new qualification will help businesses to make change across a wide range of sectors.
Lead creator of the University of Canterbury’s new multi-disciplinary Bachelor of Social and Environmental Sustainability, Professor Bronwyn Hayward says she enjoyed working with colleagues from Arts, Business, Law and Aotahi School of Māori & Indigenous Studies to co-design the qualification. The three-year degree will prepare students to understand the ethical, social, business and environmental justice issues that impact sustainability decision-making, in the context of Treaty of Waitangi principles in Aotearoa.
As a lead author on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, Professor Hayward’s experience ext
