The University of Melbourne publishes 2018 Sustainability Report
The University of Melbourne (24 June 2019). 2018 Sustainability Report Released. Retrieved from https://sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au/sustainability-commitment/news/2018-sustainability-report-released.
2018 Sustainability Report Released
The Report demonstrates our progress and identifies challenges in delivering the University's strong commitment in sustainability.
This report marks a significant point in time, being half way through the Sustainability Plan period 2017 to 2020. It’s an opportunity to reflect on how we can best apply our resources and expertise to address the challenges of environmental sustainability.
The report identifies the University’s major sustainability impacts and how we’re addressing them, highlights a diversity of case studies illustrating the breadth of activities, and assesses our Plan performance, informing our efforts to the end of 2020.
Sustainability Report 2018
University of Neuchâtel joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome University of Neuchâtel into the ISCN!
As a research and teaching institution, the University of Neuchâtel is directly concerned by the many challenges of sustainable development, to which it intends to respond by generating new knowledge, as well as innovative skills and measures. Its community of about 5,400 members aims to provide a living environment that promotes solidarity and respects the environment. For more information on sustainabiltiy at the University of Neuchâtel, please visit: http://www.unine.ch/durable.
“We are delighted to welcome University of Neuchâtel into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
Simon Fraser University joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome Simon Fraser University into the ISCN!
Born in 1965, SFU has become Canada's leading comprehensive university with vibrant campuses in British Columbia's largest municipalities — Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey — and deep roots in partner communities throughout the province and around the world.
Simon Fraser University is an institutional leader in pursuing ecological, social and economic sustainability through its operations, research, academics, campus and community engagement. For more information on Sustainability at SFU, please visit: http://www.sfu.ca/sustainability.html.
“We are delighted to welcome Simon Fraser University into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México into the ISCN!
The National Autonomous University of Mexico takes as a mission to teach higher education courses to educate professionals, researchers, university professors, and technicians who will provide a useful service to society; to organize and to carry out research, primarily on the national conditions and problems, and to extend with generosity the benefits of culture to all sectors of the population.
Its substantive functions are teaching, research, and dissemination of culture. Its organizational structure is divided into three sub-systems to achieve its task. These are: on the one hand, education, which includes undergraduate, master and doctoral programs; research, which is done in its schools, and in its institutes and centers of natural and exact sciences, and on the other hand, humanities and social sciences as well as cultural dissemination.
“We are delighted to welcome Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
San Jose State University joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome San Jose State University into the ISCN!
San Jose State is a major, comprehensive public university located in the center of San Jose and in the heart of Silicon Valley. SJSU is the oldest public university in the West. Its distinctive character has been forged by its long history, by its location, and by its vision—a blend of the old and the new, of the traditional and the innovative.
San Jose State University students, faculty, and staff are deeply committed to sustainability. SJSU offers a wide range of academic courses and programs related to sustainability. Ongoing campus-wide efforts minimize SJSU’s "ecological footprint" by reducing campus energy consumption, water use, and waste.
For more information on Sustainability @ SJSU, please visit: http://www.sjsu.edu/sustainability/
“We are delighted to welcome San Jose State University into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
Yeditepe University joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome Yeditepe University into the ISCN!
Yeditepe University is a private foundation university situated in Istanbul, Turkey. Yeditepe University as being a leader institute in many aspects; has goals to foster environmental awareness and sustainability in the community. Yeditepe University has several sustainability efforts to achieve sustainable campus life. Major categories considered for sustainability practices are; campus setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, wastes, water conservation, transportation and education.
Yeditepe University is a member of World University Rankings Network (UIGWURN) as a participant of UI GreenMetric. UI GreenMetric has been recognized as the first and only world university rankings on sustainability. UI GreenMetric is primarily about awareness raising. Its a platform to turn sustainability issues into action. In this network, participants can share their best practices in sustainability programs as well as networking with other participants worldwide. Currently the network consists of 515 participating universities from 75 countries around the world located in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, America and Oceania.
For more information on Yeditepe University's Sustainable Campus, please visit: http://www.yeditepe.edu.tr/en/university-campus-yeditepe/sustainable-campus
“We are delighted to welcome Yeditepe University into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
University College Cork joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome University College Cork into the ISCN!
University College Cork is an award-winning institution with a history of independent thinking stretching back over 170 years. UCC is proud to be ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world. Its beautiful university opened its gates to just 115 students in 1849. Today, it has a student population of over 21,000.
In 2010, University College Cork was the first third level education institute worldwide to receive the Green Campus award. In 2013 it became the first third level institute to new its Green Flag, and in 2016 successfully renewed it once again.
The Green Campus Programme was initiated in 2007 by a number of students from the Environmental Society who were passionate about the environment and determined that more should be done in and by UCC, and in a more structured and cohesive manner. Fully supported by the university and guided by An Taisce this small group of students led the formation of the Green Campus Programme, which is now being implemented in 14 countries worldwide.
For more information on UCC Green Campus, please visit: http://greencampus.ucc.ie/
“We are delighted to welcome University College Cork into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
University of Bristol joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome the University of Bristol into the ISCN!
Bristol is one of the most popular and successful universities in the UK and was ranked within the top 50 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2018.
The University has a long history of sustainability action, winning numerous awards for its work. Bristol was the first UK city with European Green Capital status in 2015 and the community played a large role in helping the city deliver this. Sustainability remains one of the central strands shaping the University's vision of the future.
For more information on Sustainability at the University of Bristol, please visit: http://www.bris.ac.uk/green/
“We are delighted to welcome the University of Bristol into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
University of Leeds joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome the University of Leeds into the ISCN!
The University, established in 1904, is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK and is renowned globally for the quality of its teaching and research.
"Sustainability at the University of Leeds isn’t about half-promises; it’s at the core of who we are and what we do. It shapes and drives everything that happens here – what we teach, what we learn, what we buy, what we use, what we share, how we travel. It’s about ambition and belief in ourselves. It’s about working collaboratively within the University, with our partners, and with wider society.
Sustainability is at the heart of the University of Leeds. It’s not a ‘buzzword’, or something we just talk about. It’s something that influences every decision we make and every action we take, each and every day. And it’s not just because it’s the ‘right thing to do’ – embedding sustainability across our institution makes the university a better, more supportive, place to work." For more information on Sustainability at the University of Leeds, please visit: http://sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/
“We are delighted to welcome the University of Leeds into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]
Trinity College Dublin joins the ISCN!
We are thrilled to formally welcome Trinity College Dublin into the ISCN!
Trinity College Dublin today joined the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) to participate in a global exchange between campus sustainability leaders to further best practices. In signing the charter at a ceremony that kicked off the annual Green Week, Trinity became the first Irish university to be accepted for its commitment to the ISCN’s sustainability goals.
Joining the ISCN represents the next step in Trinity’s long-standing desire to promote sustainability and encourage its staff and students to live more sustainable lives. The Green Campus Committee, populated by students and staff alike, was established in 1993 and the Sustainability policy was formally adopted by the College Board in 2008. An Taisce certified Trinity as a Green Flag campus in 2013, while the College Strategic Development Plan (SDP) 2014-2019 incorporates sustainability actions and initiatives into strategic college management and operations. Additionally, to drive this commitment, the Provost's Advisory Committee on Sustainability and Low Carbon Living was established in 2017 and staff and students have signed up to Sustainability Networks to act as ambassadors. For more information on sustainability at Trinity College Dublin, please visit: https://www.tcd.ie/provost/sustainability/
“We are delighted to welcome Trinity College Dublin into the ISCN and look forward to providing a platform for international value exchange and partnership on campus sustainability” says Bernd Kasemir, Secretary of the ISCN Board.
For more information on the ISCN, please visit: http://https://international-sustainable-campus-network.org/
For inquiries, please email: [email protected]