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Though to stay competitive is important for an organization's survival, today's organizations need to deal with various challenges. For example, organizations need to deal with the future uncertainty; need to know when to embrace change; need to recruit the right talent; need to keep abreast with the rapidly changing technology; need to remain ethical in doing business; and need to deal with increasing competition in the market. Thus, good strategies are needed if they want to stay competitive. Organizations must be able to know the competition and be different; update the organization's image; look after the existing customers; target new markets; be the best employers; be able to foresee the future; exemplify and position strengths from weaknesses; take into consideration the local context; use data and analytics to support strategies; prioritize creativity and innovation; utilize the data; remain relevant; and explore partnership opportunities. As for Malaysia, various strategies have been developed to support organization sustainability. These include transforming the school system in order to produce high-skilled and semi-skilled workers; strengthen Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education activities; digitalize Malaysian employment landscape; and create good networking and collaboration with other countries. Malaysia also introduces various initiatives to support business sustainability such as awarding Sustainable Business Awards Malaysia to any Malaysian company that has shown a balance between making profit and acting sustainably; come out with competitive fiscal and monetary policy; and strengthen the human capital development.

Sustainability issues have become crucial to mitigate urban heat islands (UHIs) and reduce the global warming effect. The climate change news is frequently heard lately due to the extreme weather to the extent that the increasing earth’s temperature often causes disaster and loss of property and life. New adaptation needs to new climate context and limits the on-going effects. One of the ways is adopting green roofs on buildings. Implementing sustainable practices such as green roofs will help mitigate this adverse effect in urban areas. Green roofs provide many benefits such as enhancing the aesthetical quality of the built environment, reduce UHIs, reduce energy consumption, improve storm-water attenuation, roof longevity, and reduce noise pollution. However, only a few buildings in Malaysia have considering green roofs as a main green feature element. There is barely number of buildings that have green roof design even though it offers benefits to the community and environment. This chapter has emphasised the types of green roof systems that are potentially suitable in Malaysia climate and obstacles associated with the green roof system. The study found the barriers to implementing green roofs in Malaysia, especially during the stage of building operation in maintaining the green roof system. The survey has been done, which revealed nine factors that hinder the green roof application. This study also highlights the challenges to overcome the barriers of implementing green roofs in Malaysia.