Presenter:Carol Mang
Every week, all around Hong Kong, there are many fascinating talks and lectures happening, on a variety of topics. You can easily find them online by looking at the websites of our universities, societies, and libraries. We've chosen ten for you to listen to here on Radio 3. For the next few Sunday mornings, starting Sunday 9th July at 7.30am, Carol Mang will be introducing abridged versions of what we think are a great selection of talks for you to listen to, and indulge your... Mind Matters.
Sunday mornings at 7.30... on Radio 3
In this week's episode, we will be talking about ESG and supply chain management. ESG advancements were made primarily in the EU and the US, but there were concerns that other nations, particularly emerging markets, could be left at a disadvantage. Professor Christopher Tang from University of California, Los Angeles and his coauthors have discovered that some businesses may have shifted their emissions to their suppliers under the pressure of reporting. Professor Tang was invited by the Asia Global Institute to give a talk entitled “Managing Supply Chains in the ESG Era''.
Presenter:Carol Mang
In this week's episode, we will be talking about World War II, when the Nazis wiped out the world of Jewish scholarship centred in ‘Yeshivot’ in Europe. But one academy survived intact. Professor Jay Winter from Yale University tells the story of how one Yeshiva escaped to China, keeping alive a way of life almost entirely extinguished elsewhere. Professor Winter was invited by the University of Hong Kong to give a talk entitled “Escaping the Holocaust: The Mir Yeshiva from Vilna to Shanghai and beyond''.