Academic Framework of the Month（March 2022）

700 million people live in extreme poverty, 10% of the world's population, live on less than $1.90 a day. In fact, 8% of globally employed workers and their families lived in extreme poverty as of 2018. Poverty affects children the most. As of 2018, 55% of the world's population did not have access to social security.

Therefore, as young entrepreneurs, when building your own business empire, how do you use your power to improve the economic opportunities of the poor and help them get out of poverty? How to launch meaningful activities to demonstrate your social responsibility, and how to better meet their basic needs? These are the questions that you need to answer.

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal1

Zero Hunger（April 2022）

Nearly 690 million people, or 8.9% of the world's population, suffer from malnutrition. The number of hungry people (in terms of the incidence of undernourishment) has been declining for decades, and has been slowly increasing since 2015. It increased by 10 million in one year and nearly 60 million in five years. Following the current trend, more than 840 million people will be affected by hunger.

Therefore, as business owners, while realizing your ideal ambitions, how do you utilize corporate social responsibility so that more people can be saved from hunger.

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal2

Academic Framework of the Month（May 2022）

About 260 million children were out of school in 2018, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the world's school-age population. Education can improve socio-economic status and is the key to escaping poverty. Over the past decade, access to education at all levels has increased significantly and enrolment rates have increased significantly, especially for girls. Nonetheless, more than half of the world's children and adolescents do not meet minimum standards of literacy.

Therefore, in the future, all of you, business leaders, must consider not only making a profit, but also find ways to contribute to the sustainable development of quality education in the world, so that more children and adolescents can have the opportunity to be educated.

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4

Academic Framework of the Month（June 2022）

40% of the world's population is affected by water scarcity in their daily lives and this number is expected to increase. Although access to clean drinking water and sanitation has improved considerably, billions of people still lack these basic services, most of them living in rural areas. Nearly a thousand children die every day from preventable diseases caused by water and sanitation issues. More than 1.7 billion people currently live in river basins that use more water than is replenished.

As members of the global community, all future entrepreneurs have the responsibility to contribute to protecting freshwater resources. It is home to a wealth of creatures that determine the survival of life on Earth. Improving water and sanitation is already an urgent matter, so we must act quickly.

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal6

Academic Framework of the Month（July 2022）

40% of the world's population is affected by water scarcity in their daily lives and this number is expected to increase. Although access to clean drinking water and sanitation has improved considerably, billions of people still lack these basic services, most of them living in rural areas. Nearly a thousand children die every day from preventable diseases caused by water and sanitation issues. More than 1.7 billion people currently live in river basins that use more water than is replenished.

As members of the global community, all future entrepreneurs have the responsibility to contribute to protecting freshwater resources. It is home to a wealth of creatures that determine the survival of life on Earth. Improving water and sanitation is already an urgent matter, so we must act quickly.

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal6

Academic Framework of the Month（September 2022）

Reducing inequalities and ensuring no one is left behind are integral to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. "Inequality" poses a long-term threat to economic development, undermines people's sense of achievement and self-worth, and leaves tens of thousands of people locked out of opportunities and jobs. Inequality within and among countries is a persistent cause for concern.

As members of the global community, all future entrepreneurs have the responsibility to contribute to reducing inequalities. How can we use business as an engine to address "inequality"?

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal10

Academic Framework of the Month（October 2022）

The world is facing an unprecedented global health crisis. More and more people are suffering from COVID-19, destabilizing the global economy and disrupting the lives of billions of people around the world.

Therefore, as young entrepreneurs, explain how you will maintain corporate social responsibility and contribute to people's health when building your own business.

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal3

Academic Framework of the Month（November 2022）

2019 was the year when the second highest temperature on record was registered, with new levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reaching new highs. Climate change is affecting every country on every continent, destroying national economies and affecting people's lives. Weather patterns are changing, sea levels are rising, and natural disasters are becoming more wide-spread year after year.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel bans have been imposed everywhere and economic development has slowed down, so greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by about 6% in 2020, but in 2021 during the recovery from the pandemic, the number bounced back up by the exact same 6%. Climate change is still a growing global concern.

Therefore, as young entrepreneurs, when building a potential business empire, how do you plan to balance the relationship between interests and the environment, and how to use the power of business to take the lead in contributing to the positive change of the environment?

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal13

Academic Framework of the Month（December 2022）

Global consumption and production drive global economic development, but rely heavily on the use of natural resources, and current patterns of use of these resources have had devastating effects on our planet.

Sustainable consumption and production means doing more and better with less, and it also means eliminating the link between economic growth and environmental degradation, improving resource efficiency and promoting sustainable lifestyle. As entrepreneurs, explain how you believe sustainable consumption and production will also contribute to poverty alleviation and the transition to a low-carbon green economy.

Reference from official SDGs website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12