SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020/2021 UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020/2021 UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020/2021 UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN Editor Norrimi Rosaida Awang Mohd Asrul Hery Ibrahin Marinah Muhammad Nazahatul Anis Amaludin Muhamad Azahar Abas Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Karim Noor Jannatun Naim Jemali Marieanne Christie Leong
Published by UMK Corporate Communication Centre Sustainability Report 2020/2021 Universiti Malaysia Kelantan ©2021 International Standard Book Number: 978-xxxx-xxx-x Copyright © Universiti Malaysia Kelantan All right reserved. No part of this publication may be produced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia. For further information, please contact: Corporate Communication Centre Universiti Malaysia Kelantan 163000 Bachok, Kelantan www.umk.edu.my Printed in Malaysia
PREFACE The UMK Sustainability Report 2020/2021 summarises the varsity’s progress and programmes related to sustainability initiatives and significant events on the campus. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and people’s lives in ways that we could never have imagined. In supporting the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) is committed and resolute to ensure effective environmental management is in place to create a safe and healthy workplace for all UMK staff, students and stakeholders. This is achieved through the enculturation of good practices towards environmental sustainability. This sustainability report anchors five main cores: 1) Campus and infrastructure, 2) Core business, 3) Green activities, 4) UMK’s response to COVID-19, and 5) the way forward towards a sustainable UMK. Activities and initiatives were carried out by providing and executing environmental systems through several action plans. These plans will be carried out through various activities and dissemination of information in ensuring sustainable and effective environmental management. To date, efforts and initiatives to instill a safe and healthy work culture in environmental management have been conducted and presented in this report. These initiatives include various green programs such as green lifestyle, community engagement and empowerment, as well as green entrepreneurship. By encouraging UMK staff and students to sustain the environment, those activities were run with shared responsibility among the UMK community with hopes to reduce harm towards the environment on a global scale. This sustainable report presents information on sustainable initiatives by the varsity members to comprehensively visualize and help to configure strategy, setting goals, measure performance and manage the change towards a sustainable campus.
TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE PREFACE FOREWORD: VICE CHANCELLOR INTRODUCTION TO UMK UMK’S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY CHAPTER 1: CAMPUS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 1.1 UMK AS A GREEN CAMPUS 1.2 UMK GREEN BUILDING 1.3 TRANSPORTATION 1.4 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CHAPTER 2: CORE BUSINESS 2.1 TEACHING AND LEARNING: ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES/ COURSES 2.2 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION: GRANTS/ PUBLICATIONS/ INNOVATION 2.3 ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSE CHAPTER 3: GREEN ACTIVITIES 3.1 GREEN LIFESTYLE 3.2 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EMPOWERMENT 3.3 GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHAPTER 4: UMK’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 4.1 UMK’S COVID-19 RESPONSE PROGRAMMES 4.2 TRANSFORMATION OF E-LEARNING CHAPTER 5: A WAY FORWARD FOR A SUSTAINABLE UMK
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Aweng Eh Rak Khairiyah Binti Mat Maryana Binti Mohamad Nor Mohamad Najmi Bin Masri Muhammad Azwadi Bin Sulaiman Noor Azlina Ibrahim Noor Syuhadah Subki Noorshella Binti Che Nawi Nor Fadhilah Binti Kamaruzzaman Raja Azlan Bin Raja Ismail Rusdi Bin Mohd Nasir Shardy Abdullah Wan Ahmad Amir Zal Bin Wan Ismail Zuraimi Abdul Aziz
FOREWORD VICE CHANCELLOR As an entrepreneurship university, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) has a mission to inclusively cultivate culture and values of sustainability among UMK community and related stakeholders in an effort to achieve the global sustainability target. Our commitment to conduct teaching and learning, carry out research and provide quality services on a global level, generate and enhance knowledge through continuous improvement efforts for the benefit of all stakeholders corresponds to the global sustainability goals. This aspiration is demonstrable through the concrete initiatives that have been carried out in terms of campus landscape, building, infrastructure, academic programs and green activities towards sustainable development agenda. Our initiatives that delivered significant impacts have been highlighted in this report in accordance with world ratings such as the UI-Green Metric and the Times Higher Education (THE) Global Impact Ranking. Sustainable development is not a straightforward process of change, we believe that significant progress can be a proving ground, possible to solve issues and unconditionally necessary. I am grateful for the progress we have made, although we still have many challenges on the road to be a sustainable university. Perhaps this initiative will be able to deploy its foundation to reach a greater awareness and produce positive impacts across multiple scales by embarking on essential actions towards securing our future.
INTRODUCTION TO UMK The establishment of a university in Kelantan was made as a component in the Ninth Malaysia Plan to support quality human capital development in the higher education sector. The federal agreement was announced by the Prime Minister on 31 March 2006 in the Ninth Malaysia Plan proposal. The establishment of the university was approved in the Cabinet Meeting on 14 June 2006, and the university was named as Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK). Currently, UMK has 3 campuses. The first campus, known as UMK city campus is located in Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan. The three main faculties operating in this campus are the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business (FKP), Faculty of Hospitality, Tourism and Wellness (FHPK) and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FPV). The second campus, known as UMK Jeli Campus is located in Jeli, Kelantan. The faculties operating in this campus are science-based and they are the Faculty of Agro Based Industry (FIAT), Faculty of Earth Science (FSB) and Faculty of Bioengineering and Technology (FBKT). The third campus is known as UMK Bachok Campus, which is the main campus of UMK. It is also the largest campus at 779 acres (3,152,503.94 m2). The main operations related to the administration and management of the university are based on this campus. The three facilities operating in this campus are the Faculty of Creative Technology and Heritage (FTKW), Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics (FSE) and Faculty of Language Studies and Human Development (FBI). UMK participation in the UI GreenMetric involves only the UMK Bachok campus.
Main Campus Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) Bachok Campus UMK SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT The Management of UMK ensures effective environmental management with resolute commitment to create a safe and healthy workplace environment for all UMK staff and students, as well as all other stakeholders through the following measures: **Mohon Infografikkan point di bawah: 1. Compliance with the commands of laws, regulations, guidelines and others stipulated by the Malaysian Department of Environment. 2. Ensure that environmental issues are prioritised at the same level of importance in alignment with the main objectives of UMK, guided by assessments on the effects towards the environment. 3. Enculturation of good practices towards environmental sustainability by providing and executing environmental management systems through action plans to enable various activities such as training and dissemination of information on effective environmental management are carried out synergistically through continuous quality improvement programmes. 4. Instilling a safe and healthy work culture in environmental management through various green programmes with shared responsibility among UMK staff and students as the main thrust. 5. Encouraging UMK staff and students to contribute towards sustaining the environment on a global scale in an effort to reduce harm towards the environment.
UMK Environmental Policy
CHAPTER 1: CAMPUS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 1.1 UMK AS A GREEN CAMPUS Natural Gelam forest (Maleleuca cajaputi) exist before the construction of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan started on 2007 The Bachok Campus of UMK is developed in a suburban area located 8 km from the town of Bachok and 22 km from the capital city of Kelantan, Kota Bharu. The total area of this campus is 3,152,503.94 m2 (779 acres) with 71% of the area is covered by green areas. Of the 71%, 40% (1,270,000 m2) is covered by Natural Gelam forest (Maleleuca cajaputi) existed before the construction of UMK, while 31% (973,303 m2) is covered with planted vegetation. The university’s management decided to preserve this forest as a natural setting in the university as well as a site for research activities on forest preservation.
This campus has a conservation area of 1,695,469 m2 that consists of plants, wildlife, and genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium or long-term conservation facilities. FPV Livestock Area
Paddy Field Area
Orchard
UMK Lake Besides the forest and planted vegetation, water absorption area is another important element for a green campus. Approximately seven percent of the total campus area is covered with water absorption areas such as lake, drainage, shrubs and bushes.
1.2 UMK GREEN BUILDING RELATED SDG: There are a total of 21 buildings in UMK Bachok Campus, covering a total ground area of 87,825 m2. These buildings are iconic buildings that reflect entrepreneurship as the core of UMK and long-standing Kelantanese entrepreneurial heritage. These buildings are built based on green concepts that reduce energy consumption, as outlined in UMK’s 2020-2025 Green Campus Master Plan (Pelan Induk Kampus Hijau UMK 2020-2025). For instance, the library of UMK Bachok Campus uses natural lighting using mirrors as walls and rooflights (skylights) that allow sunlight to light up the rooms in the building. In
academic buildings, the design of air circulation in restrooms uses natural ventilation through the installation of louvers. Example of Green Building Implementation: Natural lighting and ventilation Other energy-efficiency initiatives taken by UMK includes: (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) 1. Replace all appliances with energy efficient appliances such as LED lamps. 2. Use energy efficient appliances in the development of new buildings.
3. Install solar energy systems at suitable buildings and locations. 4. Reduce the usage of office lighting from 9 hours a day to 8 hours a day. 5. Switch off lamps and individual air conditioning in the absence of the staff in the office room. 6. Switch on lamps and split the air conditioning system for teaching and learning rooms such as lecture halls/studio/workshop/laboratory during operational hours only. 7. Reduce the operational hours for the centralised air conditioning system from 9 hours per day to 8 hours per day. 8. Adjust temperature for the centralised air conditioning system from 20° Celsius to 24° Celsius. 9. Operate street lights with alternative energy sources. 10. Operate aerial lighting using a clustered system. 11. Install rooftop solar panels. 12. Use solar energy from rooftop solar panels and solar farms as alternative energy sources. 13. Promote the use of Malaysia Energy Commissioner 5-STAR energy appliances in new and renovated buildings. (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) Through the above listed initiatives, the total electricity usage of UMK Bachok campus in 2020 is 4,760,903 kWh, total Carbon Footprint of UMK Bachok Campus in 2020 is 4,627.76 metric tons and CO2/population is 1.52.
Water conservation is another element of green building. All buildings in UMK have separate sewerage systems for wastewater and rainwater. Rainwater collected from the roofs of the buildings is discharged into retention ponds or stored in storage tank for car wash and watering plants. The estimated water collected from the roof of buildings in UMK Bachok campus is approximately 4,234 gallons per year. Currently, UMK Bachok has a rainwater storage tank with a capacity of 1,000 gallons and three retention ponds with a capacity of 34 million gallons. (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) Disabled-friendly facilities are also an important element of green building. Facilities for the disabled, special needs or maternity care installed in various buildings in UMK are as follows: Bil. Name of Parking Lots Toilets Access 1. Building 6 4 2. 2 1 3. Chancellery 2 8 6 Building Office Building & 1 Post Security Tuanku 4 Chancellor's Hall & Academic Complex Building
4. Library Building 3 3 3 5. Infrastructure 0 2 1 Development and Management Center Building 6. Faculty of 0 8 2 Creative Technology and Heritage Building (FTKW) 7. Islamic Center 1 2 2 Building and Mosque 8. Faculty Of 2 4 2 Language Studies And Human Development Building 9. Chancellery Hall 4 0 5 10. Faculty of 0 6 3 Architecture and Ekistics (FAE) 11. Cafeteria 2 0 4 12. Cafeteria 2 2 2 Building 13. Veterinary Clinic 2 2 1 Building Total 23 45 35
1.3 TRANSPORTATION RELATED SDG: The University’s Green Campus Campaign runs throughout the year. To reduce carbon footprints from transportation, the following initiatives were taken: limiting parking zones for students, free-to-rent bicycles on campus and shuttle bus services. All students and staff are encouraged to use zero-emission vehicles. UMK provides free shuttle service within the campus area. On average, a total of 11 trips are performed a day. To date, UMK has 5 busses running the shuttle services. UMK also encourages cycling activities through a number of events for both staff and students; the campus sites in UMK are cyclist and pedestrian friendly. The pedestrian paths are equipped with safety features such as ramps and guiding blocks to cater for physical disabilities, and the paths are well-lit with street lamps. (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) The total number of vehicles (cars and motorcycles) divided by total campus' population in UMK is: No. Vehicle Total Number 1 Car managed by the university 29 2 Cars entering the university 178 3 Motorcycles entering the university 68 Total 275
(mohon infografikkan point di bawah) List of Policy/Guidelines related to the transportation activities. 1. Pedestrian Path Policy on Campus
1.4 Waste Management System RELATED SDG: UMK’s waste management practice complies with Environmental Quality Act 1974 and in line with UMK Environmental Policy. For domestic wastes, the following policies are used as a guideline to manage domestic waste. (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) 1. “Not to print unnecessary email” policy 2. “Let’s Save Paper” policy 3. “No to Plastic” policy
For scheduled wastes, the management is coordinated by the Centre of Management for Environment, Occupational Safety and Health (CMeOSH) UMK. All categories of scheduled waste generated in the UMK campuses are appropriately managed to comply with the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulation 2005. Currently, UMK has one competent person (Prof. Ir Ts. Dr Ahmad Rasdan Ismail) in scheduled waste management (CEPSWaM) certified by the Department of Environment, Malaysia. Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) Bachok started to operate in 2011 with a capacity of 1,200 Population Equivalent (PE). In 2019, STP in UMK Bachok was upgraded to 2,200 PE, making the total current capacity at 3,400 PE. The effluence was recorded daily using Ultrasonic Flow Rate Meter that is installed before the discharge point. The effluent samples are taken from STP UMK Bachok monthly and will be sent to an accredited laboratory from the Malaysian Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAMM) and MS ISO/IEC 17025 for analysis. The effluent released by the UMK Bachok Sewage Treatment Plant has never exceeded the value limit set in Standard B according to the registration of Class License with SPAN.
(a)Effluent discharge Point (b) Ultrasonic Flow Rate Meter UMK is committed to continuously improve the waste management system on campus through various initiatives and programs in the future. A practical and environmentally friendly waste management system will provide a more beautiful, safe, healthy and clean campus environment.
CHAPTER 2: CORE BUSINESS 2.1 TEACHING AND LEARNING: ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND COURSES RELATED SDG: As of October 2021, UMK offers a total of 28 academic programmes nestled in 9 faculties in the fields of science, business, arts and humanity. Below is the list of faculties available in UMK: (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) 1. Faculty of Creative Technology and heritage 2. Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business 3. Faculty Veterinary Medicine 4. Faculty of Agro-Based Industry 5. Faculty of Earth Science 6. Faculty of Hospitality, Tourism and Wellness 7. Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics 8. Faculty of Bioengineering and Technology 9. Faculty of Language Studies and Human Development
A total of 27 academic programmes have embedded the goals of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 72 courses. (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) 2 courses 4 courses 3 courses 1 courses 1 courses 6 courses 3 courses 12 courses 2 courses 1 course 7 courses 9 courses 4 courses 4 courses 11 courses 1 course 1 course UMK is committed to embed its academic programmes with SDGs to produce holistic graduates with knowledge and perspectives on current social, environmental and economic issues. UMK plans to increase the number of courses embedded with SDG elements in the future.
2.2 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION: GRANTS/ PUBLICATIONS/ INNOVATION RELATED SDG: With globalisation and greater mobility including better access to communication technology, researchers have greater options for international collaborations, data and knowledge exchanges, and more quality focus with enhanced research techniques and equipment. Leveraging the above, research projects in UMK have increased. In fact, research projects have become cross-disciplinary and geared towards innovation and sustainability, in support of the SDGs as shown in the infograph. (mohon infografikkan JADUAL / point di bawah) SDG PUBLICATION INDEXED TOTAL NUMBER OF RESEARCH BY WOS/SCOPUS CITATION GRANTS 101 732 42 313 1730 37
812 4279 65 149 745 43 0 04 142 579 17 266 1760 9 87 487 52
130 572 72 23 99 7 122 814 63 463 3155 53 19 230 17 29 257 7
124 360 50 35 114 11
Use of River Watcher A technology developed by UMK researchers to detect real-time water quality for early detection of water pollution. UMK Scheduled waste system (UMK-SWS) through the UMK-NICE research grant
Waste to Wealth: A Novel Biodegradable Composites From Agriculture Waste For Drug Delivery (BIOCELLZ-462) Agro wastes to organic amendments improves soil health and crop productivity without polluting the environment (6th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2021)
Improvement of Algae Oil Extraction Technique for Biofuels Agro-Based Industry Product Development Project (ABID) Agro-Based Industry Product Development Project (ABID) is the first agricultural and livestock- based downstream food product development project held at UMK. This project empowers UMK community (faculty members and students) and the wider Kelantan community to move together to generate income and improve skills in food processing through entrepreneurial activities and new innovations.
Green-Tech House (Waste management) Green-Tech House is a waste management service for managing food or agriculture wastes, turning them into value-added products such as organic fertiliser & compost.
2.3: ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSE RELATED SDG: As a public university, UMK has always engaged in environmental discourse programmes through series of national and international webinars, workshops, conferences and other discourse mediums. National and international webinars have been the main medium for UMK discourse programs. Series of webinars covering various environmental, green and sustainable topics have been ongoing since 2020. To encourage sharing of knowledge and experiences between researchers and industry players, UMK conducted environmental-themed international conferences related to the SDGs, such as the second and third International Conference on Tropical Resources and Sustainable Science (CTReSS 2.0 & 3.0) in 2020 and 2021, the International Conference on Bioengineering and Technology (IConBET) in 2021.
International Webinar on Management of Rice Soils for Sustainable Agriculture
International Webinar on Tropical Forest Conservation in Malaysia discussed the richness of Malaysian Rainforest heritage by UMK and International conservation experts. Kursus Pemerkasaan Penternakan Ruminan Negeri Kelantan (Online)
The objective of this course is to improve the knowledge and techniques of breeding management, ruminant breeding and nutrition among ruminant breeders. Kursus Pemerkasaan Penternakan Ruminan Negeri Kelantan (Online) The main objective of the program is to discuss and provide insights into the establishment of beef cattle production to eradicate poverty through the sharing of several lessons: what to feed; how to feed; how much to feed & how they cope with such situations. This session also featured a sharing session with the youth of ASEAN countries. Webinar \"Wajah Kemiskinan: Kemiskinan Bukan Sekadar Angka, Tetapi Realiti Sebenar Masyarakat\"
The main objective of the program is to discuss and provide insights into the reality of poverty through the sharing of several case studies conducted in context of who they are, their experiences & how they cope with such situations. This session also emphasised the implications of policies and the use of a more grounded approach in better understanding the situation of poverty at the grassroot level, further exploring effective interventions for this issue.
CHAPTER 3: GREEN ACTIVITIES 3.1: GREEN LIFESTYLE RELATED SDG: The UMK community is familiar with the green lifestyle program. Students' clubs, faculties, and centres in all UMK campuses have conducted various green lifestyle programmes on green waste practices and healthy lifestyle. Green waste practices programmes include: 1. The 3R@UMK Campaign (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) 2. Collection of Used Cooking Oil Campaign (Kempen Pengumpulan Minyak Terpakai)
UMK is very attentive towards the health of its staff and students. Below is a list of healthy lifestyle programmes conducted in 2020: I. Flora & Fauna Educational Run (Larian Didik Pelihara Flora & Fauna) II. Wildlife virtual run III. Get Fit UMK (Jom Fit UMK) IV. Merdeka Cycling 2020 (Kayuhan Merdeka 2020)
Green lifestyle practices are also heavily promoted by various student clubs such as Sinergi Lestari, Eco-Friendly Club and Carbon Green Club. (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) Sinergi Lestari: The club aims Eco-Friendly Club: The student's Carbon Green Club: The to foster awareness among the club aims to inculcate a green club’s objective is to increase student awareness on green UMK community and local lifestyle in conserving endangered community on the importance of animals & plants and cultivating a lifestyle using woods and forest products. environment protection and love for the environment. sustainability by changing towards a green lifestyle
The UMK community continues to work together and be committed to adopting a green lifestyle by organising green lifestyle events with great hope the green lifestyle becomes the culture of every UMK community member. 3.2: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT RELATED SDG: To effectively disseminate knowledge to the community, UMK continually organises events to empower and increase the engagement between UMK and the community. The events listed below focused on providing information to generate actionable responses by improving the two-way communication between communities and public agencies as well as to develop confidence, skills and autonomy of individuals and communities to enable them to exert greater influence and control over what matters to them: (mohon infografikkan point di bawah) 1. Waste Management of Mushroom Block 2. Projek Ayam Kampung Kacuk (AKK)/ Free-range Chicken Project 3. Sabah Poor Community Integrated Education Development Program at the Human Mind Development Center (PPMI) 4. Construction of a solar system equipped with a solar performance monitoring system at the mosque of Kampung Sawai Daro, Sarawak. 5. Construction of a well to supply clean water to the residents of Cijaler Village, Situraja District, Sumedang Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia.
Sungai Rual mushroom enterprise project and waste management of mushroom blocks from 2020 to 2021, a project under the Institute of Poverty Research and Management (Institute Penyelidikan dan Pengurusan Kemiskinan, InsPeK), UMK. Waste Management of Mushroom Blocks The Free-range Chicken Breed Programme (‘Ayam Kampung Kacuk’, AKK) focuses on specific training for People with Disabilities (‘Orang Kurang Upaya’, OKU) in poultry farming and marketing. The programme empowers them to be independent and guide them on how to generate their own income. In the long term, the programme hopes to elevate the socioeconomic status of the groups of participants involved. UMK is also involved with chicken cross-breeding with indigenous in Sungai Rual, Jeli and disabilities people in Bachok villagers. The guidance given to them such as giving them consultants, guide them to manage chicken and to sell the product to the communities. This can give them more confidence in starting up their project with proper guidance from scratch. At the same time, it can help the B40 group to generate their own income especially during pandemic COVID-19.
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