To enhance the Task Force's understanding of ESG（Environmental, Social, and Governance）and SDGs（Sustainable Development Goals）trends and to develop campus partnerships, National Dong Hwa University（NDHU）held the "ESG Sustainability Consensus Camp" in Taitung from June 17 to June 18, 2024. The event featured Mr. Edison Wang, General Manager of Leadership Management Consulting Co. Ltd., sharing insights on ESG-related topics.

The consensus camp began with examining NDHU's on-going projects and found significant alignment with several SDG indicators. Evidently ESG has been deeply rooted across the campus. Examples include:

●The College of Management collaborates with Mennonite Christian Hospital to establish a medical big data database, create MOOCs, and develop an ecological tour system（SDG 3, SDG 17）.
●The College of Indigenous Studies promotes the construction of an indigenous education and cultural knowledge system, enhancing peace and justice institutions（SDG 10, SDG 16）.
●The College of Education advances gender equality education, combining education and gender issues, and organizes leadership camps and reading activities in rural areas（SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 16）.
●The Office of Academic Affairs plans to integrate SDGs into the campus curriculum system（SDG 4）.
●The Office of Student Affairs focuses on traffic safety, gender equality, and sustainable markets（SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 12）.
●The Office of General Affairs continues energy-saving measures and improved energy efficiency（SDG 7）.
●The Library and Information Center builds a 5G private network and introduced AI on campus, establishing a dedicated GPT system for NDHU（SDG 11）.

General Manager Edison Wang shared trends in ESG talent cultivation, long-term commitments and achievements of enterprises in environmental conservation, social responsibility, and governance structure, strategies and practices for achieving university carbon neutrality or net-zero, and SDG and sustainability accomplishments of other universities. He introduced the progress of climate change laws, Taiwan's carbon trading market, corporate carbon reduction targets, and carbon capture technology development.

The consensus camp also visited the Vakangan Hot Spring Park in Yan-Ping Township, Taitung County, to observe the operation of geothermal power generation, energy planning, indigenous tribal or cultural preservation, and the operational model of the green energy hot spring park tourism industry. An evident example of sustainable development was witnessed and greatly appreciated.

ESG has become a prominent issue globally. To implement ESG and SDGs concepts throughout the campus, NDHU has not only established a dedicated Sustainability Development Center in 2024 but also appointed top executives as Unit Sustainability Officers in the introduction stage. This high-level and large-scale initiative is unique among Taiwan's universities.

Despite still striving to recover from the April 3 earthquake disaster, NDHU, known as the academics center of the East Longitudinal Valley, remains committed to its sustainability goals. Responding to the UN and Taiwan's SDGs and the 2030 Sustainable Development Blueprint's eight visions, NDHU aims to closely integrate these with university governance and mid-to-long-term development plans, moving towards President Hui-Mi Hsu's declaration of "academic internationalization, local service."