YMP Sustainable Business PGT Programme

Whilst known as a cave system, it is actually a man-made quarry & contains a range of local artists work like this depiction of Napoleon who visited the caves himself

The final part of the day was spent visiting the incredible North Caves under Maastricht which stretch for 200km across the Belgium border

Yesterday, the SUBLIM Conference delegates visited Tapijn Tuin open garden on the @umsbe estate, established on the site of a former NATO army barracks to learn about permaculture & community engagement @YorkEnvironment @umsbe #ympsublimconference2022

Jane's Young gave a fascinating presentation entitled "The role of local government in creating resilience to climate change induced supply chain risks for the city of York." This was followed by a great discussion on resilience & scale(s) of & actors involved in governance

Amanda's presentation led to a great discussion on the viability of harmonising sustainability reporting #yorkenvironment #sublim #ymp #sbe

David Berger starts the student dissertation presentations with a great summary of his thesis research to date entitled "Advancing hotel furniture's sustainability in the context of urban hospitality in Milan" @YorkEnvironment @umsbe @maasuniversity #ympsublimconference2022

We kicked off the first SUBLIM conference today with a keynote speech from Ton Geurts, Business Director, BISCI, who gave a fascinating keynote talk on sustainability & the creation of unique customer value @YorkEnvironment @umsbe @MaastrichtU

Our amazing duo @AGonzalez05 and @JennyKPollard delivered a presentation summarising all of the fantastic partnerships we have developed in SuBLIM this year. Thanks to our partners and students for their hard work #YorkLT22

Are you a business interested in some sustainable entrepreneurship advice? We are running a Sustainable Entrepreneurship module between Jan-Mar where students meet with you and work on your entrepreneurship idea. Interested? Get in touch

Further practical insight by Prof Ronald de Jong @TilburgU on how to put your purpose into practice by looking at impact for #stakeholders and developing actionable targets @YMPSUBLIM #sustainablebusiness #lectureseries

@TilburgU's Professor of Global Sustainable Leadership and chairman @PhilipsFDN Ronald de Jong discusses #purpose-driven sustainable business and #responsibleleadership for the weekly lecture series of the new Masters in #SustainableBusiness @YMPSUBLIM @YorkEnvironment @umsbe

Thanks to @EllersFarm, @JennyKPollard from @YorkEnvironment & @bclarenced from @umsbe for facilitating & developing this exciting business engagement opportunity for students! #Sustainability #sustainabilityeducation

The site visit enabled students to meet senior members of the business & discuss their sustainability student projects run in partnership with @EllersFarm as well discuss their sustainability strategy, certification schemes & long-term plans for the site. #bcorp #ecologi

Yesterday the #SUBLIM students participated in a site visit of @EllersFarm distillery in Stamford Bridge outside York. @EllersFarm are a new distillery business that is committed to sustainability & intend on becoming eco-leaders within the spirits industry.

Dr Oscar Rodriguez-Espindola will be giving a presentation entitled "Sustainability in humanitarian logistics: from research to practice".

Delighted to be hosting Dr Oscar Rodriguez-Espindola from @AstonBusiness as part of the invitational Sustainability Guest Lecture series held at @YorkEnvironment in collaboration with @umsbe as part of the #sublimdegree