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Collectively, colleges and universities invest hundreds of billions of dollars. Like other decisions that institutions make, these investments have impacts that are both local and global in scope. Institutions with transparent and democratic investment processes promote accountability and engagement by the campus and community. By using the tools of sustainable investing, institutions can improve the long-term health of their endowments, encourage better corporate behavior, support innovation in sustainable products and services, support sustainability in their community, and help build a more just and sustainable financial system.

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MIT Energy Initiative Fund

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)

The MIT Energy Initiative is MIT’s hub for energy research, education, and outreach. Through these three pillars, we help develop the technologies and solutions that will deliver clean, affordable, and …

Campus Sustainability Small Project Fund

  • Macalester College (MN)

The Sustainability Office funds small on-campus projects that promote sustainability through creative action, advance Macalester’s Sustainability Plan, and uphold the core values of the College. Projects should encourage collaboration between …

Lane's Living Green Revolving Fund

  • Lane Community College (OR)

Lane established a fund for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in 2006. In January 2016, Lane Community College replaced its original Energy Carryover reinvestment fund in favor of a …

Sustainability Initiatives Fund

  • Johnson County Community College (KS)

The Sustainability Initiatives Fund is a made possible by a $1 per credit hour contribution by JCCC students. The fund was born in fall 2009 when a team of JCCC …

Live Green Revolving Loan Fund

  • Iowa State University (IA)

The Live Green! Revolving Loan Fund provides interest-free loans for campus projects that promote energy conservation and sustainability and provide a return on the investment through increased efficiencies including (but …

Green Revolving Fund

  • Harvard University (MA)

The Green Revolving Fund (GRF) is a $12 million revolving fund that provides capital for high-performance campus design, operations, maintenance, and occupant behavior projects. Basic project eligibility guidelines state that …

Sustainable Revolving Fund (SURF)

  • Hampshire College (MA)

The Hampshire College Sustainability Revolving Fund (SURF) provides loans for campus improvement projects that benefit Hampshire's sustainability by improving efficiency and conserving resources. The SURF exists to foster student, staff, …

Green Revolving Loan Fund (GRLF)

  • Green Mountain College (VT)

On campus, we have a $30,000 Green Revolving Loan Fund (GRLF), which was started in 2012 as part of the Billion Dollar Green Challenge, run by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. …

Sustainability Reinvestment Fund

  • Grand Valley State University (MI)

The Reinvestment Fund has been established through the contributions of various departments and auxiliaries including: Finance and Administration, Campus Dining, University Bookstore, Student Senate, and the Office of Sustainability Practices. …

Campus Energy and Sustainability Investment Program

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)

Georgia Tech’s Campus Energy and Sustainability Investment Program helps bridge the disconnect between Capital and Operating Budgets to ensure that the campus continues to model its commitment to sustainability, especially …

Student Climate Action Revolving Fund

  • Furman University (SC)

SCARF is a revolving loan fund for student-led projects that will promote conservation and sustainability on campus. The fund will finance conservation projects that will generate direct or indirect revenue …

Green Fund

  • Florida State University (FL)

The Green Fund provides an opportunity for the campus community to realize their ideas for sustainability and environmental progress at FSU. It is intended to provide experience with the development …

Sustainability Institute Student Led Projects Mini-Grants

  • Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FL)

FAMU students are actively and enthusiastically engaged in taking sustainability principles out of the classroom into their campus and communities. The Sustainability Institute, through generous donations from private and corporate …

Green Lab and Green Office Incentives Fund

  • Emory University (GA)

Green Lab and Green Office grants are awarded each fall. Certified Green Offices or certified Green Labs can receive up to $5,000. Funds may be used for supplies, materials, publicity …

Sustainability Revolving Fund

  • Emory University (GA)

The Sustainability Revolving Fund Working Group oversees Emory University’s $1.5 million revolving fund dedicated to funding energy and water efficiency projects that pay a return over time. Those funds are …

Sustainability and Social Justice Incentives Fund

  • Emory University (GA)

General Sustainability and Social Justice Fund grants are awarded each fall. General Sustainability and Social Justice grants are for up to $3,000. Funds may be used for supplies, materials, publicity …

Sustainability Fund

  • Edgewood College (WI)

In 2011, Edgewood became founding members of the Billion Dollar Green Challenge. It has committed a portion of its endowment to a revolving green fund to help finance energy efficiency …

Sustainability Fee

  • Drury University (MO)

The Student Government Association of Drury University implemented a student sustainability fee to help increase importance of taking a leadership position in sustainable efforts in the Springfield and global community. …

Sustainability Revolving Fund

  • Connecticut College (CT)

The purpose of the Sustainability Revolving Fund (SRF) is to promote sustainability objectives by funding innovative projects, proposed by members of the Connecticut College community, that produce significant cost savings …

CSB Sustainability & Resilience Revolving Fund (SRRF)

  • College of Saint Benedict (MN)

CSB's Sustainability & Resilience Revolving Fund (SRRF) provides financial capital to support innovative projects proposed by members of the CSB/SJU community which promote sustainability and resilience at CSB by increasing …

Sustainability Fund

  • Colgate University (NY)

The Colgate Sustainability Fund was established by the Class Gift of 2008 and continues to be supported by donors who are interested in encouraging Colgate to adopt a more sustainable …

Green Revolving Fund

  • Catawba College (NC)

The college created the Green Revolving Fund (GRF) to finance on-campus investments in clean energy and resource reduction. Catawba is one of dozens of institutions, mainly colleges and universities, in …

Caltech Energy Conservation Investment Program (CECIP)

  • California Institute of Technology (CA)

Caltech's green revolving loan fund is called the Caltech Energy Conservation Investment Program (CECIP). CECIP is the process by which capital to implement energy conservation measures is borrowed from the …

Sustainability Revolving Fund

  • British Columbia Institute of Technology (BC)

The Revolving Fund for Sustainability Initiatives is a program which provides seed funding for BCIT schools and departments that wish to undertake energy/green initiatives. The funding is provided in the …

Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund

  • Boston University (MA)

BU established the Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund in 2008 with $1 million to invest in the University’s clean energy projects. On October 22, 2014, National Campus Sustainability Day, BU announced …

Sustainability Initiatives Revolving Fund (SIRF)

  • Arizona State University (AZ)

The Arizona State University Sustainability Initiatives Revolving Fund was established in fiscal year 2010 to invest in projects that foster and enable sustainability efforts and provide an economic return on …

Sustainability Fund

  • American University (DC)

American University's Sustainability Fund advances the university's active pursuit of sustainability by providing financial and administrative support for campus sustainability projects developed and proposed by members of the university community.This …

Green Revolving Fund

  • Agnes Scott College (GA)

The GRF was established in 2012 with the help of donations to help the college undertake energy efficiency projects by revolving the cost savings from each retrofit project back to …

Student Bus and Bike Programs Fee

  • University of Colorado Boulder (CO)

Allows students unlimited use of public transportation (Student RTD Pass) including light rail in Boulder County, Broomfield, Westminster, and Denver; includes SkyRide to Denver International Airport (DIA). Does not includes …

Green Fee Fund

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

The Green Fee Fund was established by student legislation in order to allocate a surplus in the green fee used to purchase renewable energy certificates (REC) for the Green Power …

REFund Grant Program

  • Northland College (WI)

The REFund, formerly called the Renewable Energy Fund, is a student-administered grant program that funds projects designed to enhance sustainability and increase energy efficiency on the Northland College campus. The …

Green Fund

  • Goucher College (MD)

The Green Fund was created in 2013 by the combined efforts of students and administration to help support student activities and initiatives that will nurture an inclusive campus community that …

Green St. Mary's Revolving Fund

  • St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)

The Green St. Mary’s Revolving Fund is a revolving loan fund that supplies money for green projects at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. When GSMRF funds a sustainable project, money …

Green EDGE Fund

  • Oberlin College (OH)

The Green EDGE Fund finances environmental projects on the Oberlin College campus and occasionally in the Oberlin community. The Green EDGE Fund is financed by fees from the student body. …

Student Sustainability Fee Fund

  • University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK)

In the Spring of 2009 the students of UAF voted to have a $20 fee levied upon all students in the interests of sustainability. The fee is what is now …

Campus Sustainability Fund

  • Hendrix College (AR)

The goal of the Campus Sustainability Fund is to empower students and the Hendrix community to invest in creating a more sustainable and environmentally responsible campus by funding projects and …

Green Fee

  • College of William & Mary (VA)

In the fall of 2008, the College of William and Mary (VA) implemented a $15 per semester green fee. The green fee, initially proposed by the Student Environmental Action Coalition …

Green Fund

  • Centre College (KY)

In 2007, in a student-initiated ballot, 82% of the student population voted for the adoption of a Green Fund, which requires each Centre student to pay a $20 surcharge on …

Green Fund

  • Southern Oregon University (OR)

The Green Fund is a self-imposed student fee of $10-$15 per term paid by each student. While some of the money is used to support large campus projects the rest …

Renewable Energy Fee

  • Western Colorado University (CO)

Optional fees include Mountaineer Field House ($200), Renewable Energy ($30) and Scholarly Activity ($20).

Student Green Energy Fund

  • University of South Florida (Tampa) (FL)

Currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff are invited to turn your brilliant ideas – small or large – into formal proposals for outcome-driven projects to help our Tampa campus conserve …

Campus Sustainability Fund

  • Paul Smith's College of Arts & Sciences (NY)

Every PSC student contributes an annual $30 fee which goes directly into the fund! PSC students, faculty, and staff develop projects and apply for Campus Sustainability Fund Grants. The Sustainability …

Green Action Fund

  • Kansas State University (KS)

The Green Action Fund is a joint project of the Office of Sustainability with the Student Governing Association to fund projects that enhance the sustainability of the K-State campuses.

Student Campus Greening Fund

  • Green Mountain College (VT)

The Student Campus Greening Fund (SCGF) is a student-run program designed to help put greening initiatives into action that increase awareness about sustainability issues, decrease the school’s ecological impact, and …

Clean Energy Grant

  • Evergreen State College, The (WA)

In January 2005, 91% of voting students at Evergreen State College supported a $1 per credit fee increase (up to $20.00 maximum per quarter) to purchase renewable energy and fund …

Green Energy Fee

  • Eastern University (PA)

The Green Energy Fee enables Eastern University to buy electric power from wind energy sources. The Student Government Association (SGA) has asked that the University assess an annual fee of …

Energy Retrofit Fund

  • University of Guelph (ON)

A Student Energy Retrofit fee of $12.12 is charged for each student.

Campus Sustainability Programs Fee

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)

Distributes funds to student organizations for programs and events that facilitate collaboration between students, administration, faculty, and the community to create, implement, and monitor environmentally sound practices on campus.

The Green Initiative Fund

  • University of California, San Diego (CA)

The Green Initiative Fund, or TGIF for short, is an initiative to give students the opportunity to make an impact on UCSD's campus sustainability while also having the chance to …

Coastal Fund

  • University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)

The Coastal Fund (CF) was created and is funded by the students at the University of California, Santa Barbara in order to preserve and enhance the ecological integrity of the …

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.

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