{"id":20141,"date":"2024-01-22T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=20141"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:32:04","slug":"sustainability-and-social-impact-strategy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/learning-teaching\/business-and-law\/about\/sustainability-and-social-impact-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability and Social Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Working in partnership with leaders in business and law, we seek to make a difference for people and planet through a culture focused on social good, innovation and inclusive practice, our distinctive student experience and undertaking collaborative and impactful research.<\/p>\n\n\n    <mimas-block \n        block-name=\"articles\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"articles content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\"\n        data-bg=\"gray\">\n\n        \n\n                    <div class=\"article\">\n                                                                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-150x150.jpg\"\n                     alt=\"United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-1200x1080.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-1200x630.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/SDgs-1200x760.jpg 1200w\"\n                     sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n                <article class=\"article__content\">\n                    \n                                            <h2 class=\"h3\">United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals<\/h2>\n                    \n                                            <p><p>Our faculty is committed to effecting change through implementing a variety of student, community and industry focused initiatives and projects that are directly linked to six United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    \n                                \n                        <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"making-a-difference\">Making a Difference<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                                <div class=\"block-heading__content\"><p>Building capacity around sustainable development and helping young people to work on solutions to global challenges; skills, knowledge and mindset. Find out more about the exciting initiatives demonstrating our progress in alignment with our faculty priority SDGs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title--Sustainability-in-Business-and-Law-|-July-2025-Update\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"-Sustainability-in-Business-and-Law-|-July-2025-Update\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title--Sustainability-in-Business-and-Law-|-July-2025-Update\"> Sustainability in Business and Law | July 2025 Update<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"-Sustainability-in-Business-and-Law-|-July-2025-Update\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30304 \" 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class=\"accordion__buttons\">\n                                                                    \n                        <li>\n                            <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Sustainability-Summary-Report_2023_Accessibility-version_web.pdf\"\n    class=\"button button--deep-blue filled\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read the 2023 update\">Read the 2023 update<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"styled-heading\"\n        data-variant=\"\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-labelledby=\"Explore our initiatives\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n        \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"explore-our-initiatives\">Explore our initiatives<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n<\/mimas-block>\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"cards-image\"\n        data-segment=\"dom\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-grid\" data-card-size=\"standard\" data-card-count=\"3\" data-card-background=\"transparent\">\n                    <div  id=\"learning-student-experience\" class=\"card card--image\" data-type=\"img\" aria-label=\"learning-student-experience\"><div class=\"card__top\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\"\n                                 src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg\"\n                                 alt=\"Learning &amp; student experience\"\n                                 srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Students-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w\"\n                                 sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3 class=\"\">Learning &amp; student experience<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Curtin is committed to supporting a range of curricular and co-curricular student programs that promote ethics, responsibility and sustainability to our students.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/learning-teaching\/business-and-law\/about\/sustainability-and-social-impact-strategy\/learning-student-experience\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow button-link--deep-blue\"\n    target=\"_top\" aria-label=\"Find out more about our student programs\">Find out more about our student programs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"research\" class=\"card card--image\" data-type=\"img\" aria-label=\"research\"><div class=\"card__top\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\"\n                                 src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg\"\n                                 alt=\"Research\"\n                                 srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-1536x769.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-1260x630.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/BC_9996-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-1520x760.jpg 1520w\"\n                                 sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3 class=\"\">Research<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Researchers in the Faculty of Business and Law combine research excellence with our ability to work with government and industry to solve real world problems.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/learning-teaching\/business-and-law\/about\/ethics-responsibility-sustainability\/research\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow button-link--deep-blue\"\n    target=\"_top\" aria-label=\"Find out more about our research\">Find out more about our research<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"engagement-and-impact\" class=\"card card--image\" data-type=\"img\" aria-label=\"engagement-and-impact\"><div class=\"card__top\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\"\n                                 src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg\"\n                                 alt=\"Engagement and impact\"\n                                 srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Native-Plants-on-Campus-720x405-1-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 720w\"\n                                 sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3 class=\"\">Engagement and impact<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Read the latest stories of how our commitment to ethics, responsibility and sustainability is impacting the wider community.<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"card__links\"><li><a\n    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