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Commitment to SDGs

SDGs at Sunway University

The sustainability initiatives of Sunway University predate the adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015.

This 3rd Sustainable Development Goal (SDG3) aims at globally improving everyone’s health and well-being in the world, no matter their level of income, age, race, gender etc. According to the UN, despite significant strides made in increasing global life expectancy, inequalities in healthcare access still exist.

Clean Water and Sanitation

This SDG focuses on ensuring a clean and stable water supply and effective water sanitation for all people by the year 2030. The goal is a reaction to the fact that many people throughout the world lack these basic services. Read more ›

Affordable and Clean Energy

The world is making progress towards Goal 7, with encouraging signs that energy is becoming more sustainable and widely available. Access to electricity in poorer countries has begun to accelerate, energy efficiency continues to improve, and renewable energy is making impressive gains in the electricity sector.

Decent Work and Economic Growth

The SDGs promote sustained economic growth, higher levels of productivity and technological innovation. Encouraging entrepreneurship and job creation are key to this, as are effective measures to eradicate forced labour, slavery and human trafficking. With these targets in mind, the goal is to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030. Read more ›

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Making cities sustainable means creating career and business opportunities, safe and affordable housing, and building resilient societies and economies. It involves investment in public transport, creating green public spaces, and improving urban planning and management in participatory and inclusive ways.

Partners for the Goals

The SDGs can only be realized with strong global partnerships and cooperation.The world is more interconnected than ever. Improving access to technology and knowledge is an important way to share ideas and foster innovation. Coordinating policies to help developing countries manage their debt, as well as promoting investment for the least developed, is vital for sustainable growth and development.

Sustainability News & Events

The Launch of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN-ASIA) Asia Headquarters at Sunway University

SDSN is proud to launch its newest Secretariat office in Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! The Kuala Lumpur office will serve as SDSN's Asia Headquarters, working closely with our offices in New York and Paris, as well as regional Networks and partners, to advance SDSN's global mission, with a particular focus on promoting sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific.

Sunway University Press Books Represent Malaysia on a Global Stage

Sunway University Press has reached an important milestone by having three books represent Malaysia at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022, the world’s largest and most important trade fair for books.

Blazing a Trail for Smart Cities in Developing Nations

Sunway Group has been the flag bearer for sustainable initiatives in Malaysia. Its founder and chairman Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah is the visionary who turned a disused tin mine into an 324 ha (800 acres) bustling township that is Sunway City Kuala Lumpur today.

Accelerating Education Reform through Collective Education Experiences

Sunway Education Group (SEG) and the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) jointly held an Education Summit themed “Accelerating Education Reform Through Collective Experiences” at Sunway University.

Helping Family Businesses to Grow

Selangor government will pay greater attention to improving entrepreneurial capital and capabilities, as well as assisting new and growing family businesses to be more resilient and sustainable.

Sunway iLab’s 2022 Make It Challenge – Best Innovation Award Winner

Let's give a round of applause to our Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainability Science and Technology (PSST) students for winning the Inaugural Best Innovation Award 2022 at this year's Sunway iLabs Make It Challenge!

Sunway University Ranked No. 1 Non-GLU Private University in Malaysia

In the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023, Sunway University is the No. 1 non-government linked university (GLU) private university in Malaysia and ranked as one of Malaysia’s Top 10 universities.

Campus With a Conscience Hosts A-Week Long SDG Festival

Sunway Group has been the flag bearer for sustainable initiatives in Malaysia. Its founder and chairman Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah is the visionary who turned a disused tin mine into an 324 ha (800 acres) bustling township that is Sunway City Kuala Lumpur today.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with REHDA INSTITUTE

Sunway University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with REHDA INSTITUTE of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association of Malaysia (REHDA Malaysia)

New International Collaboration in Drone Technology

An academic team of the School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Sunway University had a very productive and promising meeting with the specialists in the area of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) also known as drones from the Guilin University of Aerospace Technology (GUAT), China.