Unit statistics and highlights
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In 2021, 111 units directly related to SDG12 were offered across Monash University, with a total enrolment of 6,136 students.
The units highlighted below are a small sample of the units at Monash relating to responsible consumption and production:
MGF5691 - Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management
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This unit integrates concepts from both operations and supply chain management toward strategic goals of more sustainable production systems. By focusing on different local and global businesses, students are encouraged to have an open discussion/debate about the challenges businesses face and the opportunities available in the industry to support these businesses to become sustainable. Second, through different case studies and articles, students generate knowledge about the role of different stakeholders in making businesses sustainable. Finally, students also learn to evaluate the impact of being sustainable on the businesses triple bottom line performance.
Monash Association of Sustainability
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The Monash Association of Sustainability (MAS) is a student-led association committed to leading and inspiring the Monash student community to learn more about sustainability, and to explore how sustainability principles and practices can be embedded into their behaviour both on and off campus.
Precious Plastics Monash
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Precious Plastic Monash is a multidisciplinary group of students, a chapter of a world wide community, Precious Plastic, that aims to tackle and provide solutions to the ever growing presence of plastic pollution. Their main focus areas are education, community and design, including demonstrating the value of plastic by designing innovative solutions to repurpose plastic and create plastic alternatives.
Master of Green and Sustainable Technologies
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The new Master of Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies recognises the increasing demand for graduates with expertise in green chemistry to lead the transformation of chemical and other industries where chemistry and chemical engineering play a crucial role, in delivering the products coming from those industries. The program provides students with the principles of green technologies and a deep understanding of sustainability issues that will lead to the reduction or elimination of hazardous substances involved in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. The course will also examine the environmental, economic and social benefits arising from the transformation of the chemical industries of the future.