Beyond Borders Learning Series

Course Objectives:

Riding on the momentum of our recent fruitful BBL trips, we are now getting ready for our next BBL trip to South Korea – a city known for sound government support towards innovative waste management and environmental sustainability practices; good participation from the community and ground-up endeavours, as well as successful “from research to implementation” solutions.

WMRAS endeavours to begin each Beyond Borders Learning trip with the end in mind for all participants to be able to:

  • Be equipped with strategic insights on integrating environmental and social sustainability into business models
  • Explore cases and innovations in waste management, circular economy, environmental technologies, and workplace learning, linking relevance to Singapore’s context
  • Appreciate cross-border ESG trends, regulatory landscapes, and stakeholder engagement strategies
  • Foster leadership for sustainability-driven workforce transformation

Programme Outline for South Korea:

  • 0.5 day of self-directed learning with Temasek Polytechnic (TP) on Workplace Learning
  • 3 days of technical site visits
  • Daily learning reflections
  • Cultural Visit to Insadong, Seoul

Minimum Entry Requirement:

  1. Management, Middle managers and/or supervisors holding full-time or concurrent roles relating to sustainability and workplace learning within their own and/or their clients’ premises
  2. Could be performing other functions (for example, retail, facilities, property management, operations, sustainability and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), etc.)
  3. Should possess a basic understanding of waste management, recycling, sustainability