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The '''Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education''' ('''EAUC''') is a British [[Wikipedia:NGO|NGO]] that helps higher education institutions operate in a more sustainable way, and drive innovations in sustainability.<ref name="EAUC wwd"/> Founded in 1996, the organization represents more than 2 million students as of 2020.  
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The '''Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education''' ('''EAUC''') is a British [[Wikipedia:NGO|NGO]] that helps higher education institutions operate in a more sustainable way, and drive innovations in sustainability.<ref name="EAUC wwd">{{cite web|title=What We Do|work=EAUC|url=https://www.eauc.org.uk/what_we_do|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="SE about">{{cite web|title=About|work=Sustainability Exchange|url=https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/about|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref> Founded in 1996, the organization represents more than 2 million students as of 2020.
 
== Climate Emergency Letter ==
 
Together with Second Nature and UN Environment's Youth and Education Alliance, the EUAC organized a '''Climate Emergency Letter''' which was signed by networks representing 7000 higher education institutions, and released on 10 July 2019.<ref name="news 2019">{{cite web|title=Networks of 7,000 universities declare climate emergency|work=University World News|date=2019-07-10|url=https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story = 20190710141435609|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="SDG 2018">{{cite web|title=Global Universities and Colleges for the Climate|work=SDG Accord|date=2018-07-13|url=https://www.sdgaccord.org/climateletter|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="EAUC sc">{{cite web|title=Sustainability Commitments|work=EAUC|date=2020-01-17|url=https://www.eauc.org.uk/sustainability_commitments|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref>


==Sustainability Exchange==
== Sustainability Exchange ==
The EUAC delivers the '''Sustainability Exchange''', a platform for combining resources and experiences, which claims to be "the number one resource for sustainability in education".<ref name="SE about"/>


==Climate Emergency Letter==
The EUAC delivers the '''Sustainability Exchange''', a platform for combining resources and experiences, which claims to be "the number one resource for sustainability in education".<ref name="SE about" />
Together with Second Nature and UN Environment’s Youth and Education Alliance, the EUAC organized a '''Climate Emergency Letter''' which was signed by networks representing 7000 higher education institutions, and released on 10 July 2019.<ref name="news 2019"/><ref name="SDG 2018"/>


==References==
== Sustainability commitments ==
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<ref name="EAUC wwd">{{cite web | title=What We Do | work=EAUC |  url=https://www.eauc.org.uk/what_we_do | accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref>
The EUAC keeps track of sustainability commitments of universities and colleges, including commitments towards reaching [[Wikipedia:carbon neutrality|carbon neutrality]] by 2050 as mandated by the [[Wikipedia:Climate Change Act 2008|Climate Change Act 2008]].<ref name="EAUC sc" />The list of commitments covers about 200 institutions in six categories:
<ref name="SE about">{{cite web | title=About | work=Sustainability Exchange | url=https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/about | accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref>
 
<ref name="news 2019">{{cite web | title=Networks of 7,000 universities declare climate emergency | work=University World News | date=2019-07-10 | url=https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190710141435609 | accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref>
* Carbon Neutral Target
<ref name="SDG 2018">{{cite web | title=Global Universities and Colleges for the Climate | work=SDG Accord | date=2018-07-13 | url=https://www.sdgaccord.org/climateletter | accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref>
* [[Wikipedia:Climate emergency declaration|Declaration of Climate Emergency]]
* [[Wikipedia:Sustainable Development Goals|SDG]] Accord<ref name="SDG 2018" />
* [[Wikipedia:Sustainability reporting|Sustainability Reporting]]
* Sustainability Leadership Scorecard
* [[Wikipedia:Ethical investment|Ethical Investment]]
 
== References ==
 
<references />
 
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Founded 1996
Location United Kingdom
Site eauc.org.uk/
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The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education (EAUC) is a British NGO that helps higher education institutions operate in a more sustainable way, and drive innovations in sustainability.[1][2] Founded in 1996, the organization represents more than 2 million students as of 2020.

Climate Emergency Letter[edit | edit source]

Together with Second Nature and UN Environment's Youth and Education Alliance, the EUAC organized a Climate Emergency Letter which was signed by networks representing 7000 higher education institutions, and released on 10 July 2019.[3][4][5]

Sustainability Exchange[edit | edit source]

The EUAC delivers the Sustainability Exchange, a platform for combining resources and experiences, which claims to be "the number one resource for sustainability in education".[2]

Sustainability commitments[edit | edit source]

The EUAC keeps track of sustainability commitments of universities and colleges, including commitments towards reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 as mandated by the Climate Change Act 2008.[5]The list of commitments covers about 200 institutions in six categories:

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "What We Do". EAUC. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About". Sustainability Exchange. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  3. ↑ = 20190710141435609 "Networks of 7,000 universities declare climate emergency". University World News. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Global Universities and Colleges for the Climate". SDG Accord. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sustainability Commitments". EAUC. 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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