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Sustainability at Stanford: 2022-23 Year in Review

  • Stanford University (CA)

This publication is a year in review for Stanford University.


It’s Really Free! Patriot Packout Expands to Support George Mason University Community Members’ Basic Needs

  • George Mason University (VA)

This case study focuses on George Mason University’s sustainable move-out initiative, Patriot Packout (PPO) 2023. Existing in some form (unofficial and official) since 2003, the PPO initiative was expanded ...


University of Virginia Sustainability: 2022-2023 Annual Report

  • University of Virginia (VA)

This is the university's sustainability annual report spanning 2022-2023

  • Posted Oct. 18, 2023
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Rewild Your Campus with the Green Grounds Certification

  • Seattle University (WA)
  • University of Northern Iowa (IA)
  • AASHE (PA)
  • Re:wild Your Campus (TX)
  • PJC Organic (MA)

Re:wild Your Campus’s Green Grounds Certification offers a new pathway for schools to reduce synthetic pesticide usage and implement organic grounds maintenance practices. This webinar will guide participants ...

  • Posted Sept. 29, 2023
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2023 Sustainable Campus Index

  • AASHE (PA)

The 2023 Sustainable Campus Index (SCI) recognizes top-performing colleges and universities by country, institution type, and in 17 sustainability impact areas, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating ...

  • Posted Sept. 28, 2023
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2023 Higher Education Sustainability Professionals Survey & Report

  • AASHE (PA)

This report presents the results of the 2023 Higher Education Sustainability Staffing Survey. It examines the nature of sustainability positions at colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and ...

  • Posted Sept. 28, 2023
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Clean Campus, Clean Planet: Solutions for Reducing Toxic Cleaning Chemicals on Campus

  • Stanford University (CA)
  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
  • AASHE (PA)
  • Tersano Inc. (ON)
  • The Ashkin Group (CA)
  • Elk Grove Unified School District (CA)

The way we clean is often overlooked when exploring sustainable solutions on campus. However, research reveals that the health, environmental, and financial impacts of the traditional chemicals we use are ...

  • Posted Sept. 21, 2023
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Webinar: CSA as a Benefit: Cultivating Sustainability and Improving Health

  • University of Kentucky (KY)
  • AASHE (PA)
  • Organic Association of Kentucky (KY)

Colleges and universities have unique resources and infrastructures that allow them to develop, pilot, and study replicable employee benefits programs that fulfill Sustainability and Wellness goals. Additionally, innovations by colleges ...

  • Posted Sept. 14, 2023
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Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley campus solar array

  • Colorado Mountain College (CO)
  • Ameresco, Inc. (MA)

The Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs is one of the college's 11 campuses. and is home to one of the largest solar arrays in Colorado. Besides ...


Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy, University of Utah

  • University of Utah (UT)

New Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy - University of Utah announced in August 2022 the creation of the interdisciplinary Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy to promote research ...


Zero Waste Football (Horizontal and Vertical Image)

  • Coastal Carolina University (SC)

Every Chanticleer home football game is a zero-waste initiative. The goal of this effort is to divert as much waste as possible from each CCU home football game. We do ...


Collaborative approach

  • Université de Sherbrooke (QC)

The collaborative structure in place at the Université de Sherbrooke in sustainable development, which is headed by the Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development, mobilizes a team of 40 persons working ...


Hope Forward - A pay-it-forward model for tuition - Hope College

  • Hope College (MI)

A pay-it-forward model for tuition - Hope Forward is a tuition model at Hope College where students fund their education through gifts after graduation rather than paying for college through tuition ...


Humber College SCI 2023 Photos - Coordination and Planning Category

  • Humber College (ON)

Photo submission for Humber College's Top Performance recognition at 2023 SCI Coordination and Planning Category.


Coordination & Planning at Oregon State U

  • Oregon State University (OR)

Coordination & Planning Oregon State University student working outside in the Memorial Union Quad


Outside yoga activities

  • Université Laval (QC)

In the wake of the pandemic, Université Laval set up a number of outdoor initiatives to encourage the community to take ownership of their campus. Depending of the season, different ...


Data File: 2023 Higher Education Sustainability Staffing Survey

  • AASHE (PA)

Along with publishing the 2023 Staffing Survey Report, AASHE is continuing the tradition of making respondent data from the Higher Education Sustainability Staffing surveys available to AASHE members for further ...


The implementation of the SDGs in universities: a systematic review

  • Universidad de Sevilla

Currently, in the field of Sustainable Development (SD), one of the most significant debates is the necessary incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in education and, specifically, in higher ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Participatory budgeting for public involvement in environmental sustainability at a Thai university

  • King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

Participatory democracy where the public influences and feels involved in policy making is an ideal in democratic societies. In this paper, principles of participatory democracy are implemented at a Thai ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Bottom-up approach: the participation of Fridays For Future in the climate emergency declaration in the University of Salamanca

  • Universidad de Salamanca

Purpose: This study aims to describe the process leading the climate emergency declaration (CED) at the University of Salamanca. In contrast to similar initiatives, this was achieved with the participation ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Benefit-cost analysis of becoming certified pollinator friendly

  • Louisiana State University (LA)
  • The Ohio State University (OH)

Despite significant drop in pollinator abundance, no studies exist on the benefits and costs of pollinator conservation in the public domain. An in-person survey was conducted at three large, public ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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From Movements to Managers: Crossing Organizational Boundaries in the Field of Sustainability

  • Northwestern University (IL)
  • University of Bath

This study investigates a route to occupational activism whereby individuals with significant experience in a social movement enter organizational positions that have been established to address those same movement's ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Some Reflections on the Role of the Eco-Schools Program in the Promotion of Sustainable HEIs: A Case Study in Portugal

  • Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Coimbra)

Currently, the Eco-Schools program plays a key role in the application of the concepts of environmental education and management in the daily life of schools. This program is considered the ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Understanding sustainability as a cyclical process: insights from social innovation and the adaptive cycle

  • University of Portland (OR)

Purpose: This paper aims to understand why higher education institutions (HEIs) struggle to become sustainable institutions themselves despite providing relevant teaching and research on sustainability. Design/methodology/approach: Using 17 ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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A Cross-Cultural Genre Analysis of Leadership Statements in Italian and American University Sustainability Reports

  • Beijing Foreign Studies University

Background: Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue in higher education (HE). Leadership statements in university sustainability reports (LSUSR) represent a unique genre for university leaders to communicate sustainability. This ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Social sustainability reporting in European business schools

  • Universitat Ramon Llull

Purpose: This study aims to explore the social sustainability reporting (SR) of top European business schools to illustrate and discuss their practices and the associated challenges. Design/methodology/approach: For ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Critical Analysis of the GreenMetric World University Ranking System: The Issue of Comparability

  • University of Trento (Trentino)
  • Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

The Universitas Indonesia GreenMetric World Ranking is the most widely adopted system nowadays to rank worldwide universities’ sustainability. The number of participating universities has consistently increased throughout the last decade ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Which “sustainable university” are we actually talking about? A topic modelling-assisted discourse analysis of academic literature

  • Uppsala University

The remarkably growing body of academic literature on the university in relation to sustainability pivots around the idea that the university has an important role to play regarding this issue ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Climate justice in higher education: a proposed paradigm shift towards a transformative role for colleges and universities

  • Northeastern University (MA)

Moving beyond technocratic approaches to climate action, climate justice articulates a paradigm shift in how organizations think about their response to the climate crisis. This paper makes a conceptual contribution ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future

  • Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)

Purpose: This study aims to describe the different elements included in campus sustainability plans (CSPs) in colleges and universities across the USA.

Design/methodology/approach: It examines the contents and ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Ensuring sustainability in internationalisation efforts at higher education institutions

  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
  • University of Nottingham
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • National University of Sciences and Technology (Federal)
  • Università di Bologna
  • Universidade Fernando Pessoa

Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world are engaged in internationalisation efforts. Yet internationalisation per se is associated with significant pressures on the environment and environmental resources, which need ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Universities confronting climate change: beyond sustainable development and solutionism

  • University of British Columbia (BC)

This article reflects on recent calls for universities to deepen their commitments to sustainability in the face of climate change. It suggests that because climate change is a “wicked problem ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Preliminary Investigation of Sustainability Awareness and Activities among Academic Libraries in the United States

  • University of Southern California (CA)

This paper explores sustainability, sustainability awareness, and how it is measured in academic libraries in the United States, and considers how assessment tools or key performance indicators (KPIs) could enhance ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education Institutions: A systematic literature review

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are important actors in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. As agents of ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Reporting University Performance through the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda: Lessons Learned from Italian Case Study

  • University of Rome Tor Vergata

The shift of sustainability paradigms within the academic context has prompted universities to develop additional accountability tools to respond to the resulting demand for information. However, in terms of social ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Testing an instrument to assess the perception of climate change policies in universities: the case of Salamanca University

  • Universidad de Salamanca

Purpose: This study aims to introduce a new instrument to assess the perception of the university community after the Climate Emergency Declaration (CED) and its application at the Universidad de ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Methods for assessing sustainability performance at higher education institutions: a review

  • Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
  • Simón Bolívar University

Sustainability has increasingly become key in universities, as the objectives of sustainable development are essential to establish policies, guidelines and indicators that guide institutions to be more sustainable. This recognition ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Combining best practices framework with benchmarking to advance principles for responsible management education (PRME) performance

  • University of Calgary (AB)

Higher education institutions play a critical role in shaping a more sustainable world. There is limited research on ‘how’ business schools can effectively take the UN PRME's Sharing Information ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Bibliometric Analysis and Benchmarking of Life Cycle Assessment of Higher Education Institutions

  • University of Coimbra

Higher Education Institutions (HEI), such as Universities and Institutes worldwide, are making efforts and setting goals to assess and minimise their environmental impacts, and to become more sustainable. Life Cycle ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Footprints in Action: How UVA Is Managing Its Sustainability Stewardship

  • University of New Hampshire (NH)
  • University of Virginia (VA)
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)

Evaluating sustainability stewardship at higher educational institutions is essential to working towards improving our environment. Many institutions have used environmental footprint indicators as a way to evaluate, track, and improve ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Towards symbiotic approaches between universities, sustainable development, and cities

  • Arizona State University (AZ)
  • University of Coimbra
  • University of Passo Fundo
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Universities are key actors and play a central role in the cities which host them, either as employers, consumers or simply as a magnet to young people and cultural activities ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Defining Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions

  • Loyola University Maryland (MD)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)

People interact with each other based on shared meaning. In the absence of shared meaning, organizations fail to identify and achieve goals. Focus is generally placed on how to engage ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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How Higher Education Institutions Walk Their Talk on the 2030 Agenda: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Università di Bologna

Universities are rethinking their teaching and research programs and their whole third mission in response to the framework provided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But how do universities walk ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Understanding the roles of universities for sustainable development transformations: A framing analysis of university models

  • Monash University (VIC)

Scholars have proposed university models for creating a sustainable future in response to mounting calls for universities to rethink their roles in society. These university models include the Human Development ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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The Alignment of Universities With Sustainable Development Goals: How Do Academics Perceive the Progress (Not) Made?

  • Abu Dhabi University

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda have acted as a global unifying force to address social, economic, and environmental sustainability concerns. Higher education institutions (HEIs)/universities have ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Which leadership processes encourage sustainable transitions within universities?

  • Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden)

Purpose: The implementation of sustainability-related policies at universities has been marked by a greater sense of urgency in recent years. Despite this emerging trend, it is still unclear which leadership ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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How organizational constraints undermine sustainability actions in a university's campuses: A case study

  • University of Coimbra

Higher Education Institutions frequently struggle between the urgency to advance toward more sustainable campuses and the slow pace of their transformation. Although several stimuli and barriers are identified in the ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Integrating the United Nations sustainable development goals into higher education globally: a scoping review

  • Karolinska Institutet

Background: In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Higher education institutions have a role in raising awareness and ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Does Green Image Influence Student Loyalty: A Conceptual Framework

  • University of Technology Sarawak

As the application of green image to predict student loyalty is still limited in the literature, this study's primary purpose is to propose a conceptual framework to examine student ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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Understanding the Research Interlinkages Between Anthropocene, Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Bibliometric Analysis

  • Presidency University
  • Guangzhou University

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are impacted by the Anthropocene's onset, hence critical actions must be taken to develop tailored policies for these goals. This research aims to understand the ...

  • Posted June 15, 2023
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This tab provides access to data collected through AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS). STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. STARS enables meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements developed with broad participation from the campus sustainability community.

All responses reference content from reports under the latest version of STARS, version 2.2. AASHE membership and log-in is required.

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PA 2: Sustainability Coordination

PA 3: Sustainability Coordination

PA 4: Reporting Assurance

Additional analysis on scores and quantitative fields can be conducted using the STARS Benchmarking Tool.

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