U Connecticut Publishes Sustainability Action Plan
The recently published UConn Sustainability Action Plan delineates specific actions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 with the goal of being entirely carbon zero by 2040, conserve resources, integrate sustainability across the university’s academic and research activities, ensure equity and engagement, and establish partnerships and support innovation to address sustainability challenges.
Dillard U Publishes Carbon Neutrality Action Plan
The recently published plan includes strategies covering energy, transportation, waste, procurement, academics, and outreach. The overarching goal is to systematically reduce the universities carbon footprint through infrastructure upgrades, operational changes, and cultural transformation.
SUNY Adopts Policy to Phase Out Single Use Plastics
The recently adopted policy details a staged elimination of single-use plastics across all SUNY campuses. Items covered in the policy include bags, beverage bottles, food service products, utensils, plastic wrap and packaging films. Additionally, the university system is partnering with a public service platform to create a plastics-free solutions hub.
AASHE Releases 2023 Annual Report
Including the most-clicked Bulletin stories of 2023 (page 22), AASHE's recently published annual report captures achievements and impactful initiatives, providing insights on collective efforts and milestones in advancing sustainability in higher education.
Trinity College Dublin Releases Sustainability Strategy
The university's newly published Sustainability Strategy 2023-2030 focuses on environmental sustainability, specifically climate change, biodiversity loss and human health, with a lens of health an equity. Key targets include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions by 2040 across all categories of emissions; be nature positive by 2030 by conserving at least 30 percent of land area, and supporting a cultural shift to recognize the interrelatedness of planetary and human health.
