List of sustainability strategies and commitments by academic institutions
Various policies
[edit | edit source]Campus carbon tax
[edit | edit source]A campus carbon tax consists in taxing all expenditures according to their greenhouse gas emissions. This has been advocated on the basis of cost effectiveness.[1]
Divestment from fossil fuels
[edit | edit source]Reduction of plastic waste
[edit | edit source]Biology laboratories rely heavily on single-use plastics, which typically end up in landfills after being used in experiments. To reduce waste, it is possible to replace plastic with glassware, or to use recyclable plastics.[2]
Travel policies
[edit | edit source]- In 2020, the climate and oceanography laboratory LOCEAN voted to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030, forbid plane travel for journeys that would take less than 5 hours by train, and institute individual quotas for plane travel.[3]
By institution
[edit | edit source]- Sustainability roadmap at Harvard University.
- Sustainability at ETH Zürich.
- Social Responsibility and Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh.
- The Strategy for a Sustainable UCL 2019-2024 at University College London.
- Cambridge Zero, a 2020 initiative by the University of Cambridge.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "What's a University to do about Climate Change?". Energy Institute Blog. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ↑ "How to... reduce your lab's plastic waste". The biologist. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ↑ "Les scientifiques français entament leur mue écologique" (in fr). Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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| Cite as | Shapoklyak (2020–2024). "List of sustainability strategies and commitments by academic institutions". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |