Presentation Summary
As universities embrace the new regulatory requirements on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, data becomes a vital component in effectively operationalizing these responsibilities. This session explores how higher education institutions can leverage data to integrate ESG goals into their daily operations, ensuring alignment with sustainability standards, social accountability, and ethical governance practices. This session will highlight the key data-driven strategies for tracking carbon footprints, managing ethical investments, and promoting social equity initiatives.
The presentation will also cover how cloud technology can aggregate data across departments, providing a unified view of energy usage, waste management, diversity efforts, and financial governance. Further, we will explore the role of AI-driven insights in optimizing resource usage, reducing environmental impact, and identifying new opportunities for socially responsible growth.
Attendees will gain insight into how data-centric decision-making can empower higher education institutions to fulfill their ESG commitments while fostering innovation, accountability, and long-term sustainability.
Meet the Speaker
Kaushika Jayalath
Solutions Consultant - Higher Education, Oracle
Kaushika is an experienced Solutions Consultant at Oracle Corporation specialising in higher education, implementing cloud technology solutions to drive enterprise transformations and sustainable change management.
Passionate about bridging the national digital skills gap, Kaushika is an industry mentor and guest speaker at Monash University and Swinburne University, and has previously held a series of senior finance, accounting, business analysis and project management roles.
