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New Insights on Student Attitudes towards Sustainability in College Life
- None
Veritrove surveyed 200 respondents, ages 16-24, from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Maryland on sustainability, and college life. A key finding from the survey is that 30% of …
- Posted Sept. 8, 2025
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Beyond the Right Thing to Do: The Value of Sustainability in Higher Education (2nd Edition)
- AASHE (MA)
This document aims to help higher education sustainability practitioners more powerfully articulate the value of sustainability to higher education leaders as well as the general public. As different points will …
- Posted Aug. 26, 2025
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Actions and Hopes of the Sustainability-Focused Student
- College Pulse (CA)
A Student Voice survey of of 2,164 undergraduates from 114 colleges conducted by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse in fall 2022 found that:
- Forty-five percent of respondents considered environmental …
- Posted Aug. 18, 2025
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Global Green Skills Report
- LinkedIn (CA)
This report illuminates global trends at the intersection of climate action and the workforce. It shows how government policies are already shifting the supply and demand for green skills, and …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Understanding the Green Transition Supply and Demand Dynamics
- LinkedIn (CA)
This report analyzes global trends in the demand and supply of green talent between 2021 and 2024. It highlights a steady increase in demand for green skills, outpacing the growth …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Global Climate Talent Stocktake: Doubling green talent by 2050 to meet global demand
- LinkedIn (CA)
This report highlights the growing global demand for green talent amid accelerating climate commitments from governments and businesses. Using LinkedIn data, it reveals a widening gap between green job demand …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Meeting the Sustainability Skills Gap: New Research Reveals What Businesses Need to Succeed
- American University (DC)
As organizations worldwide embrace sustainability, new research from American University's Kogod School of Business uncovers the critical skills and competencies that will define success in an evolving business landscape.
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Sustainability Careers
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
- City of Los Angeles (CA)
Addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development are the grand challenges for this century. This review assesses how sustainability and green jobs are changing in response to these formidable challenges, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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2024 U.S. Energy & Employment Jobs Report (USEER)
- United States Department of Energy (DC)
This report is a comprehensive summary of national, state and county-level energy jobs, reported by industry, technology, and region, with data on wages, demographics and employer perspectives on growth and …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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2024 Sustainable Market Share Index
- New York University (NY)
The report analyzes consumer purchasing of sustainability-marketed products across 36 consumer packaged goods categories. As of 2023, these products hold an 18.5% market share, up from 13.7% in 2015, and …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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The Future of Jobs Report 2025
- World Economic Forum
This report forecasts a net gain of 78 million jobs by 2030, driven by technology and green transitions. Based on insights from 1,000+ employers, the report highlights climate-change mitigation as …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Sustainability Jobs Boom as Corporate ESG Efforts Accelerate
- LinkedIn (CA)
- Sustainability Magazine
LinkedIn’s 2024 Jobs on the Rise report highlights a surge in sustainability-related roles, including Sustainability Analyst and Environmental Health Safety Manager, driven by accelerating ESG initiatives and the green energy …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Why green jobs plans matter and where US cities stand in implementing them
- Brookings Institution (DC)
The transition to a cleaner and more resilient economy will be one of the most significant economic and physical transformations in U.S. history. Trillions of dollars will be required to …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Growing demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector
- KPMG (NY)
Growing awareness of environmental risks and mounting regulatory and consumer pressure have driven unprecedented demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector. Recruiting skilled individuals with academic backgrounds and …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Driving Revenue Growth through Sustainable Products and Services: Implications for Chief Marketing Officers
- The Conference Board
The business benefits of sustainability initiatives go well beyond strengthening corporate image. Chief marketing officers can leverage such initiatives to respond to the voice of the customer, address global societal …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets
- McKinsey & Company (NY)
- Nielsen
A joint study from McKinsey and NielsenIQ examines sales growth for products that claim to be environmentally and socially responsible.
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Effective sustainability education is political education
- University of Zurich
The anthropogenic nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide emissions are greater than natural sources, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 and CH4 has not been as high as it is today for …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Student Engagement and Environmental Awareness: Gen Z and Ecocomposition
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
This article collaboration addresses the importance of contextualizing current climate change discussions in twenty-first-century ecocomposition classrooms. It specifically focuses on the practical significance of what students’ writing and research can …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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A systematic mixed studies review of civic engagement outcomes in environmental education
- Stanford University (CA)
Civic engagement is recognized as a critical process to address environmental and other societal issues. To examine the intersection between environmental education and civic engagement, as reported in the peer-reviewed …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Environmental Impacts of Energy Saving Actions in an Academic Building
- Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo
- Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Global warming and climate change effects have been of such impact that several countries around the world are enforcing public policies to mitigate them. Mexico has shown a strong commitment …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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When Searching for Cost-Saving Measures, Colleges Go Green
- Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
Community colleges are cutting energy costs and promoting sustainability through efficiency upgrades, supported by state funding, utility rebates, and behavioral changes. These efforts have led to millions in savings, reduced …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Economic Analysis of Sustainable Transportation Transitions: Case Study of the University of Saskatchewan Ground Services Fleet
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
The global transport sector of the world economy contributes about 15% of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the world today, and this must be drastically curbed. To reduce GHG emissions …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Migrating towards Using Electric Vehicles in Campus-Proposed Methods for Fleet Optimization
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
- Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
Managing a fleet efficiently to address demand within cost constraints is a challenge. Mismatched fleet size and demand can create suboptimal budget allocations and inconvenience users. To address this problem, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Case Study: Arizona State University – Managing the Vehicle Fleet More Efficiently
- Smart Energy Decisions (NY)
Arizona State University (ASU), an institution serving more than 80,000 across four campuses has successfully completed the first phase of its effort to increase the efficiency of its transportation assets …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Hybrids help University Safety & Police to Save Money by Going Green
- Utah Tech University (UT)
The Department of University Safety & Risk Management at Utah Tech is replacing older fleet vehicles with hybrid models, including a Ram 1500 e-torque and six Toyota RAV4 hybrids, to …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Enhancing Transportation Demand Management Options at the University of Nebraska at Omaha:The Costs, Benefits and Challenges of Implementation
- University of Nebraska at Omaha (NE)
As a growing metropolitan university, UNO faces the ongoing challenge of automobile congestion and increasing demand for convenient parking. The financial, environmental, aesthetic, and opportunity costs of creating and maintaining …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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A review of operating performance in green buildings: Energy use, indoor environmental quality and occupant satisfactio
- Tsinghua University
This paper aims to review the published researches on post-occupancy performance of green buildings in terms of energy use, indoor environment quality (IEQ) and occupant satisfaction. A total of 925 …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Green Building Occupant Satisfaction: Evidence from the Australian Higher Education Sector
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- Griffith University (Queensland)
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Shenzhen University
Universities spend billions of dollars on green buildings as a sustainability commitment. This research investigates occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality (IEQ), building design (BD), and facilities management (FM) in …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Do ‘green’ buildings have better indoor environments? New evidence
- National Research Council Canada
A post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of 12 green and 12 conventional office buildings across Canada and the northern United States was conducted. Occupants (N = 2545) completed an online questionnaire related …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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The Business Case for Green Building: A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors and Occupants
- World Green Building Council
The Business Case for Green Building: A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors and Occupants, examines whether or not it’s possible to attach a financial value to …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Climate Risks and Resilience at Dickinson College: Infrastructure and Continuity Planning
- Dickinson College (PA)
Dickinson College is faced with growing risks from climate change that could significantly impact its campus infrastructure, operations, and ability to fulfill its educational mission without disruption. As climate change …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Preparing and Adapting Our Campuses for the Effects of Climate Change
- Merrimack College (MA)
Colleges across the United States have become greener, and efforts are underway to enhance their sustainability practices and reduce their carbon footprint. This article is not about the greening of …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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The State of Campus Resilience in the Face of a Changing Climate
- Society for College and University Planning (MI)
- Amgen
The impact of climate-related events poses a major threat to campuses nationwide, a trend expected to only worsen as the climate continues to change. However, a recent study by Haley …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Integrating Resilience Planning into University Campus Planning
- Society for College and University Planning (MI)
Within the higher education community, there is increasing awareness of the need to plan for more frequent occurrences of natural hazards and the effects of climate change. Many institutions are …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Adapting universities and colleges to a changing climate
- Environmental Association for Universities & Colleges (EAUC) (Gloucestershire)
The guide provides a range of support, from an initial self-assessment on climate readiness and an example Elevator Pitch to use to communicate the need for investment in adaptation, to …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Don't Think Your Campus Needs to Prepare for Climate Change?: Here's Why You're Wrong
- Merrimack College (MA)
It isn’t hard to find evidence that colleges across the country are concerned about global climate change and the role they play in contributing to it. Solar panels, LEED-certified buildings, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Savings from solar energy exceeds University’s expectations
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Penn State’s solar energy purchasing agreement with Lightsource bp has significantly outperformed expectations, saving the university an estimated $2.5 million in energy costs, over four times the original two-year projection. …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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$3 Million Gift Boosts Sustainability at CNU
- Christopher Newport University (VA)
The Redekop Family Endowment has donated $3 million to fund projects advancing sustainability at Christopher Newport University. The gift of $1 million for each of three years will support programs …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Stewart and Lynda Resnick Pledge $750 Million to Caltech to Support Environmental Sustainability Research
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
The owners of The Wonderful Company, have announced an unprecedented $750 million pledge to Caltech to support cutting-edge research into the most pressing challenges in environmental sustainability. The commitment, part …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, university’s first new school in 70 years, will accelerate solutions to global climate crisis
- Stanford University (CA)
Stanford’s first new school in 70 years will launch this fall as the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, recognizing a $1.1 billion gift from John and Ann Doerr, the largest …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Commercialising university inventions for sustainability—a case study of (non-)intermediating ‘cleantech’ at Aalto University
- Utrecht University
- University of Helsinki
- University of Sussex (Sussex)
The challenge to transform towards more sustainable societies requires action on multiple levels, including commercialisation of inventions created in universities. We examine intermediation in the pre-commercialisation phase of cleantech inventions …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Commercialising science-based sustainable innovations: extending the role of university-industry collaboration
- University of Oulu
Technological innovation for sustainability is often complex and entails high costs and uncertainties for companies. Therefore, collaboration with external partners, such as universities, is crucial. However, commercialising innovations originating from …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Commercializing University Energy Innovation – A Case Study of OptiGen
- Duke University (NC)
Universities are key sources of technological innovation, yet many promising discoveries never reach commercialization. This project examines the early-stage commercialization process through the case study of OptiGen, a power generation …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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The Sustainable Times: The positive impacts of UT's Green Fee
- University of Tennessee System Office (TN)
The Green Fee at the University of Tennessee, introduced in 2005, charges students $10 per semester (in-state) or $35 (out-of-state) to fund sustainability projects. This fee generates around $870,000 annually …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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The value of sustainability in students’ university choice
- University World News
The QS Sustainability Rankings 2023 set out to measure a university’s ability to tackle the world’s greatest environmental, social and governance challenges. Likewise, the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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College Pulse Sustainable Campuses Survey 2023
- College Pulse (CA)
This survey was designed and conducted by College Pulse. Interviews were conducted in English among a sample of 2164 undergraduate students who are currently enrolled in the U.S. The sample …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Earth Day 2023: How Does Sustainability Impact Marketing in Higher Ed?
- Carnegie (MA)
This article reports on a survey of 700+ students in grades nine through 12. When asked, “How important is it to you that the college or university you attend is …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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The climate for change: How university sustainability is impacting student decision-making
- QS Quacquarelli Symonds
What matters to students continues to evolve as the world around them changes. Through QS data and analytics – including the International Student Survey which collates the perspectives and motivations …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Student Perspectives on Sustainability at Iowa State University
- Iowa State University (IA)
This research report employed focus groups and a student body survey to understand Iowa State University (ISU) students' perspectives on how well the curriculum and extracurricular activities are preparing them …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Institutions underestimate importance of sustainability for prospective students – new research reveals
- Shakespeare Martineau
This article describes a survey of 1,000 16 to 19-year-olds planning on applying for college conducted by the law firm Shakespeare Martineau. The survey found that around three quarters of …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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