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48% of students prefer a sustainable university to one in the top 100

  • QS Quacquarelli Symonds

For many students, a sustainable university matters more than a high ranking When asked which type of university they would prefer to enrol in, more than two-thirds of students say …

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How Corporate Social Responsibility Affects the Well-Being of Students Through Organizational Pride and Employability

  • University of Coimbra

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) covers a wide range of activities. Higher education institutions (HEIs) also engage in CSR actions, thus playing a significant role in society, seeking to promote education …

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How universities' social responsibility activities influence students’ perceptions of reputation

  • Technische Universität Dresden

Based on signaling theory, this study investigates how universities' social responsibility activities influence students' perceptions of their reputation. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we explore the determinants of reputation …

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Factors influencing student retention university students: an analysis of institutional reputation, social responsibility and loyalty

  • Universidad Peruana Unión

Introduction: This study investigates the impact of institutional reputation (IR), social responsibility (SR) and student loyalty (LY) on student retention (RT) in university students. Methods: Using a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional …

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Green-Smart University Campuses: The Mediating Role of Student Engagement in Enhancing Corporate Image

  • The University of Jordan

This study investigates the motivating factors influencing university students’ participation in the Green-Smart Campus initiative. The model examines variables from the student’s perspective, with a green-smart campus as the exogenous …

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Students’ satisfaction and empowerment of a sustainable university campus

  • University of Beira Interior

Universities are crucial in empowering a sustainable campus through the adoption of sustainable development practices (SDP), which are expressed in terms of economic, organizational, environmental, and social dimensions. Previous findings …

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Balancing sustainability and profitability

  • IBM

Today’s executives walk a tightrope, balancing the long-term imperative to protect the planet with the short-term need to preserve the bottom line. In a landscape defined by chaos and disruption, …

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Environmental Record a Factor for Most U.S. Job Seekers

  • Gallup

About seven in 10 U.S. workers say that a company's environmental record matters to some degree in whether or not they would take a job with that company. This includes …

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University Social Responsibility and Teachers’ Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Reputation and Image

  • Hanoi National University of Education
  • Universitas Padjadjaran
  • University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
  • University of Kent

Understanding teachers' expectations of university social responsibility (USR) is imperative for formulating effective human resources strategies within higher education institutions (HEIs). This study delves into teacher perceptions of USR within …

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Analyzing the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employee Satisfaction Using a Hybrid SEM-ANN Approach

  • University of Belgrade

In the conditions of modern market dynamics, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly evolving from a formal ethical principle into a powerful strategic instrument, key to achieving sustainable growth and …

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Impact of corporate social responsibility on employee loyalty: Mediating role of person-organization fit and employee trust

  • Qingdao University of Technology

The study explores the impact of employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in improving employee loyalty by examining the direct and indirect role of person-organization fit and employee trust. …

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Winning in the Marketplace and the Workplace: Activating the Workplace by Engaging Employees in Sustainability

  • National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)

Engaged employees lead to better business outcomes. As companies look for ways to boost employee engagement, they are focusing on job purposing—the concept of linking an organization’s purpose and an …

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The Intersection of ESG and HR

  • Society for Human Resource Management

The March EN:Insights Forum looked at the effects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives on corporate goals, performance and HR effectiveness. The session explored the impact of these goals …

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Engaged employees are asking their leaders to take climate action

  • Deloitte Consulting LLP (TX)

Employees with strong environmental awareness can play a pivotal role in accelerating corporate sustainability plans, yet Deloitte survey data shows that leaders could be doing more to engage their full …

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Town, Gown and Place-Based Sustainability: Collaborating in the Shared Space

  • Albany Law School (NY)

The locational and spatial circumstances of town and gown present opportunities to advance sustainability. This essay examines these areas of opportunity by proposing collaborative frameworks between town and gown. In …

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Building Sustainable Communities Through Engaged Learning: A University-Community Partnership for Sustained Change in a Central Pennsylvania Coal Town

  • Bucknell University (PA)

University-community partnerships have become more collaborative, decentered, and mutually beneficial in step with changing conceptualizations of knowledge production. However, the implementation of partnerships and projects remains challenging. Models for collaboration …

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The Leaders of Today with the Minds of Tomorrow

  • Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ)

In a college town, there is an important relationship between the residents of the “town” and the students and faculty at the school who each wear a “gown.” This is …

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Harnessing Collaborative Partnerships Toward Sustainability: A Community-Based Learning Initiative

  • University of Louisville (KY)

Sustainable planning is a vital tool for municipalities seeking to promote equitable economic and environmental development within their communities. Successful implementation of sustainability initiatives involves many factors, ranging from engaging …

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University partnerships for co-designing and co-producing urban sustainability

  • Australian National University
  • Lund University
  • University College London
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Tokyo

Universities are playing an increasingly central role in advancing sustainability at the local, regional and national scale through cross-sector collaborations. Accompanying the launch of Future Earth, interest is mounting in …

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Mapping universities-communities partnerships in the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Nelson Mandela University
  • State University of Campinas
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
  • University of Passo Fundo

The establishment of partnerships between universities and communities can significantly support the implementation of initiatives related to sustainability as a whole and help to realize some of the United Nations …

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Community-University Partnerships for Local Impact: Advancing Sustainability Through Place-Based Education

  • Simon Fraser University (BC)
  • University of Saskatchewan (SK)

Due to growing demands for experiential learning opportunities and the desire to better prepare students for “real-world” decision-making, community-university partnerships have become novel and experimental spaces within postsecondary institutions. This …

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Building transformative city-university sustainability partnerships: the Audacious Partnerships Process

  • Arizona State University (AZ)
  • Dublin City University
  • King's College London
  • Portland State University (OR)
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

City governments and urban universities are well-positioned to play critical roles in advancing urban sustainability transformations. However, in partnering, cities and universities often focus efforts on discrete sustainability-related projects, neglecting …

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Building Powerful Partnerships: Lessons from Portland's Climate Action Collaborative

  • Portland State University (OR)

There is growing interest in partnerships between universities and communities and how such collaborations can help address the wicked challenges facing the world today. This article traces the development of …

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Real-Time Evaluation of City–University Partnerships for Sustainability and Resilience

  • Arizona State University (AZ)
  • Northwest Indian College (WA)
  • Portland State University (OR)

Cities face many challenges in their efforts to create more sustainable and resilient urban environments for their residents. Among these challenges is the structure of city administrations themselves. Partnerships between …

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Transnational universities, host communities and local residents: social impacts, university social responsibility and campus sustainability

  • University of Groningen

Purpose:This paper aims to discuss how transnational universities create negative and positive social impacts on their host communities and what this means for campus sustainability and the expectation that universities …

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The positive impact of university sustainability on academic prestige

  • Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)

Increasingly driven by environmental and social consciousness, students are aligning their values for a greener, fairer future with their educational decision-making. Data collated for the QS World University Rankings 2025 …

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Universities Need a Social License to Operate and Grow: Reflecting on the University-Community Engagement of two Transnational Universities

  • Ocean University of China
  • University of Groningen

Transnational higher education is big business. However, it is unclear what transnational universities must do to behave in a responsible way or to gain a social licence to operate. Examining …

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Does sustainability reporting promote university ranking? Australian and New Zealand evidence

  • Murdoch University
  • University of Western Australia

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between university rankings and sustainability reporting among Australia and New Zealand universities. Even though sustainability reporting is an established area of investigation, …

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Exploring the research trends in climate change and sustainable development: A bibliometric study

  • University of Delhi

Climate change and sustainable development are interconnected and pressing global challenges requiring urgent attention. Researching the trends in climate change and sustainable development through a bibliometric study is essential for …

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Bibliometric Analysis of Research Hotspots and Frontiers in Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Guizhou University
  • Nankai University

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), established in 2015, are binding targets for monitoring the sustainable status of all countries in the world. Developing localized SDGs indicator systems, assessing …

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Sustainability in Numbers by Data Analytics

  • National University of Singapore
  • Springer
  • Universiti Malaysia Pahang

For a successful delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) and to track the progress of UNSDGs as well as identify the gaps and the areas requiring more …

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Sustainability 2.0

  • Deloitte Consulting LLP (TX)

The article explores how sustainability is evolving from a peripheral initiative to a core business strategy, much like the early development of the internet. Initially focused on basic environmental practices, …

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Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation

  • Harvard Business Review

When companies pursue sustainability, it’s usually to demonstrate that they are socially responsible. They expect that the endeavor will add to their costs, deliver no immediate financial benefits, and quite …

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Top-reporting Institutions- Photos of University

  • Cornell University (NY)

Photos of the university


Representation & Access (formerly Social Equity)·

  • Cornell University (NY)

Yusef Salaam speaks to students during a roundtable discussion on social justice in the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives


University of California, Riverside - Photos Submitted for SCI 2025

  • University of California, Riverside (CA)

UC Riverside photos submitted for the AASHE Sustainability Campus Index.


College of the Atlantic_elimination of disposable plastic foodware in retail dining operations

  • College of the Atlantic (ME)

College of the Atlantic's reusable to-go ware program eliminates plastic to-go containers from campus dining.


University of Virginia Decarbonization Academy

  • University of Virginia (VA)

SCI 2025: Eight-week decarbonization academy program - The Decarbonization Academy at University of Virginia is an immersive learning experience for students who are interested in working towards UVA’s sustainability goals …


Umeå University

  • Umeå University

Twice a year the Umeå School of Sport Sciences holds Health on Campus as part of an initiative to promote health and wellness at Umeå University. All students and staff …


President Mandel of Williams College signs the Break Free From Plastic Campus Pledge

  • Williams College (MA)

President Maud Mandel signs Post Landfill Action Network's Break Free From Plastic Campus Pledge


Students give back to the local community through the Big Event

  • Texas A&M University (TX)

Since its introduction in 1982, The Big Event has become the largest one-day, student-run service project in the nation. Each spring, tens of thousands of Texas A&M students come together …


Climate Vulnerability Index

  • Texas A&M University (TX)

These images depict the overall climate vulnerability of the United States. There are three images to choose from:

  1. Overall Climate Vulnerability map of U.S. (map only version)
  2. Overall Climate Vulnerability …

Public Policy

  • Cornell University (NY)

Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy


Pecan orchard research

  • Texas A&M University (TX)

A Texas A&M student conducting research at a local pecan orchard.


Vote on Ho Plaza

  • Cornell University (NY)

Students from the Cornell Policy Group, a nonpartisan student organization, help others register to vote on Ho Plaza.


National Tree Day Planting

  • Canadore College

More than 50 staff, students, and community members came together to plant 120 trees in celebration of National Tree Day in Canada.


Green Campus Platinum certification

  • Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

SSN College of Engineering, India's first STARS-rated institution under the AASHE framework, has proudly received the prestigious Platinum Certification from the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for its Green Campus. …


UConn Includes Sustainability in Updated Strategic Plan

  • University of Connecticut (CT)

The University of Connecticut recently released it's new Strategic Plan guiding the institution through 2034.

One of the key focus areas is: Wellness of People and Planet "At UConn, we …


UConn Wins Connecticut's GreenerGov Award

  • University of Connecticut (CT)

The State of Connecticut recognized the University of Connecticut with a GreenerGov award in 2025. The event celebrates the exceptional efforts of State Agency staff and agency Senior Sustainability Officers …


Goat Yoga for Earth Day Spring Fling

  • University of Connecticut (CT)

The University of Connecticut has celebrated Earth Day for the last 20+ years by hosting Earth Day Spring Fling every April. The event features a zero-waste, locally sourced BBQ, environmental …