Sustainability Week 2025, a five-day program starting on November 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, was launched by RMIT Vietnam to promote green practices and collaborative innovation.
With the theme “Sustainability in Action”, the event brought together students, faculty, business partners, and community members to explore how everyday action can have a meaningful environmental and social impact.
RMIT emphasizes that sustainability is not an isolated effort but a collective movement, where small contributions from individuals can inspire broader transformation across the campus and society.
At the core of this year’s event is RMIT’s effort to connect the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with its own “7Rs Culture”, which promotes sustainable behaviors with six key actions: Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, and Recycle. This model empowers participants to practice sustainable behaviors while collectively creating a positive impact.
At a panel discussion entitled “How STEM Sparks Sustainable Solutions”, experts from academia, research, and industry came together to discuss how innovation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can drive Vietnam’s progress towards the United Nations SDGs and support its transition to clean energy and digital transformation.
Speakers agreed that scientific thinking and technological innovation are central to achieving clean water, renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, and inclusive growth both in Vietnam and globally. STEM, they noted, is the catalyst for innovation and cross-sector collaboration, unlocking new opportunities to advance sustainability across education, business, and the wider community.
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