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SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

A Communal Space for Income Generation

Hardcore urban poor Sarawakians of mostly indigenous Dayak
lineage struggle in poverty due to low levels of education and
CHAMPIONING unemployment.

Drawing inspiration from ruai – the covered veranda of the
longhouses in Sarawak – the Ruai Chawan project by the
Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA) aims to provide
INNOVATORS underprivileged Sarawakians from the squatter colony with a
communal space to carry out small income-generating
initiatives.
Powering Electric Vehicles in Malaysia
IN SUSTAIN A BLE DEVELOPMENT Responding to the lack of electric vehicle (EV) charging
infrastructure in Malaysia, Powered by RISE has developed
low-cost EV charging stations for individual, corporate and
public use.

Developed and manufactured locally, Powered by RISE
promotes the adoption of EV in the country by making
charging stations a ordable and easy to use with supporting
applications, platforms and a payment system.

Fuelled by Insect Protein and Waste

“SDSN encourages its members and network to develop Biotech company Life Origin turns black soldier y
innovative and sustainable real-world solutions to address larvae and organic waste into insect protein feed,
local, national, regional, or global challenges related to supplement products for animals and biodiesel
sustainable development and the United Nations Sustainable – a sustainable solution that upcycles organic waste
Development Goals (UN-SDGs). and reliance on fossil fuels.
is year, the NSF seeks to identify and implement progressive Flood Forecasting by AI
solutions that can advance the sustainable development agenda
in the areas of wellbeing, that includes both people and Ever AI Technology uses arti cial intelligence and
planet,” said SDSN's Kuala Lumpur o ce head and vice Cultivating Mushrooms Easier Access to Healthcare machine learning technology to predict and forecast
president for Asia Professor Woo Wing ye. and Entrepreneurship for Migrant Workers ood severity.

He added that the current global pandemic and natural e public online platform then issues early
disasters demonstrated an increased urgency to address Addressing hardcore poverty among the Orang Asli ClickNCare is an online platform that makes warnings for citizens to evacuate, potentially
From cultivating mushrooms to tackle hardcore poverty and sustainable development issues. (OA) community in Kampung Sungai Rual, healthcare a ordable and accessible for migrant minimising ood damage and saving lives.
Kelantan, University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)’s
workers in Malaysia, connecting them with doctors
using black soldier ies for insect protein, to ood forecasting As part of Sunway’s commitment to nation-building and social enterprise programme works closely with for mobile consultations in their mother tongue.
using arti cial intelligence (AI), innovation was the name of advancing the 17 UN-SDGs, US$20 million was committed villagers to cultivate grey oyster mushrooms using Creative Environmental Education
the game for the top nine shortlisted solutions at the National to the United Nations through the Je rey Cheah Foundation. technology, for sale at the local markets. e Prescriptions are provided via mobile devices and for Rural Children
Solutions Forum 2022 (NSF). programme, which is in partnership with the medications delivered via courier by local
is partnership funded the establishment of the Je rey Sachs pharmacy partners. WormingUp seeks to educate rural children with
e shortlisted participants were awarded RM10,000 each by Center for Sustainable Development at Sunway University as Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA), creative and practical eco-friendly ways on managing
Sunway to scale up their solutions, with the top innovative well as the Asia headquarters of the UN Sustainable aims to establish Kampung Sungai Rual as the East Incentivising Reusable Bag Usage their waste disposal.
solution – low-cost electric vehicle (EV) charging stations Development Solutions Network at Sunway City Kuala Coast hub for mushroom cultivation.
conceptualised by Powered by RISE taking home an additional Lumpur – one of three such global centres that coordinates In a bid to reduce single-use plastic bags and halt Among the e orts include educational waste
RM10,000. continent-wide sustainability initiatives. Bridging the Digital Divide in Education plastic pollution, Beebag produces smart reusable management guidebooks, upcycled waste bins for
waste segregation, creative upcycling projects,
With the theme, ‘Wellbeing’, the forum was organised by Connect.ED’s agship project, ‘Driving Equality in bags to incentivise shoppers to refuse plastic bags in hands-on workshops, and mini carnivals to showcase
Sunway and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Digital Education’ (DEDE) equips underprivileged favour of reusable bags. ‘Beetags’ using near- eld upcycled artwork for sale.
(SDSN) Malaysia, in partnership with the Je rey Sachs Center B40 students in Malaysia with digital devices such communication (NFC) technology are attached to
on Sustainable Development, All-Party Parliamentary Group as laptops, desktops, and tablets for e-learning and reusable bags to track bag usage. ‘Beepoints’ are
of Malaysia on Sustainable Development Goals and digital upskilling. then earned and can be exchanged for vouchers
MRANTI, in addition to being audited by BDO Malaysia and prizes.
to harness the ingenuity of Malaysian talent in tackling e project collects second-hand and new devices
sustainable development-related issues in Malaysia. from public and corporate donors for refurbishment
and repairs before donating them to students in need.
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