157. How do we get started with sustainability?

Guest Name: Renard Siew , Sustainability & climate change specialist, Board of Advisor to CENT-GPS, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 06. 2021

Dr Renard Siew is Board of Advisor to CENT-GPS where he is responsible for advancing the organization's work in the field of climate change and sustainability.

He is the Founder of Accelerating Climate Action and has served as Co-Chair of the Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Working Committee and UNEP-FI’s Collective Commitment on Climate Action. In 2020, he was appointed an SDG Champion-Climate Action by the World Economic Forum (WEF). He is a member of the WEF Expert Network Group, serves on the WEF Global Future Council, a Community Champion for Southeast Asia and a Global Lead for the Global Shapers Climate & Environment Steering Committee. He was accepted into the Forbes Fellowship Programme and attended the inaugural UN Climate Action Summit in New York in 2019. Renard is part of the facilitation team at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL). He has also lectured and been appointed Advisor for various universities.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What is difference between sustainability vs. CE (circular economy) and why sustainability now is becoming a trend?
• How to get started with sustainability?
• How to promote sustainability in the workplace? and can you give a few example of ways to be sustainable in every day life?
• Some other key takeaways.

Connect with Renard on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-renard-siew-4515524/

About CENT-GPS: The Centre for Governance and Political Studies (Cent- GPS) is a KL based political science and social behavioral research firm. Cent-GPS was set up on the belief that there is an urgent need for an interdisciplinary research center, bridging the fields of economics, political science, sociology, business and law, which focuses on the problems and challenges raised by the current political developments and economic transformations. Learn more here: https://centgps.com.my/