Bringing the sustainable development goals to life
Under this motto, FHWien der WKW, Austria’s leading University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, is working on living the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (SDGs) at the university itself and integrating them into the curricula. The SDGs serve to ensure sustainable development on an economic, social and ecological level.
“As a university of applied sciences for management and communication, we see the importance of the SDGs for the training of future managers,“ explains Beate Huber, Chair of the Academic Board at FHWien der WKW.
FHWien der WKW has been a pioneer in Corporate Responsibility since 2012. As one of the first universities of applied sciences in the German-speaking world, it includes Business Ethics and Corporate Governance as compulsory subjects in the curricula of all business management Master’s programs. In order to guarantee that these programs and all academic initiatives on the topic meet international standards, FHWien der WKW signed the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in 2015.
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In September 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly of all 193 member states. It contains the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to “transform the world” in terms of social, economic and ecological aspects.
In 2015 we signed the "Principles for Responsible Management Education". As part of this initiative, we have set ourselves the task of integrating social and ecological sustainability into our teaching and research activities. In this way, we actively contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Anyone who wants to manage a business successfully in the future will have to deal with the effects of their own economic activity on the environment and society. This is why we were one of the first universities of applied sciences to include business ethics and corporate governance as compulsory subjects in the curricula of all Master's programs. Our university trains managers to act in an economically, ecologically and socially sustainable manner.