{"id":83786,"key":"Alliance_for_Sustainability_Leadership_in_Education","title":"Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education","latest":{"id":1223522,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T22:49:31Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Organization data\n| founded = 1996\n| website = https://www.eauc.org.uk/\n| location = United Kingdom\n}}\n\nThe '''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.\n\n== Climate Emergency Letter ==\n\nTogether 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>\n\n== Sustainability Exchange ==\n\nThe 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\" />\n\n== Sustainability commitments ==\n\nThe 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:\n\n* Carbon Neutral Target\n* [[Wikipedia:Climate emergency declaration|Declaration of Climate Emergency]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Sustainable Development Goals|SDG]] Accord<ref name=\"SDG 2018\" />\n* [[Wikipedia:Sustainability reporting|Sustainability Reporting]]\n* Sustainability Leadership Scorecard\n* [[Wikipedia:Ethical investment|Ethical Investment]]\n\n== References ==\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| keywords = Academia, Sustainability organizations\n| sdg = SDG04 Quality education, SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities\n| description = Appropedia highlights how higher education fosters climate action through the Alliance for Sustainability Leadership, guiding universities toward greener futures.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Academia]]\n[[Category:Sustainability organizations]]"}