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Our Sustainability

A pioneering, sector-leading approach to global sustainability

Our progress

Sustainability progress

We are committed to continuing our progress to make our activities more sustainable in support of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Read more about what we're currently doing and how you can get involved.

Sustainability progress
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Our approach

We are using our global reach and innovation in teaching, research and enterprise to make a significant impact towards the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while making commitments to become more sustainable as an institution and global community. Learn more about our approach to sustainability

Climate Change

Human activities are changing our climate, driving a rapid and dangerous increase in global temperature. What is climate change and what are we doing to mitigate it?

Meeting the Goals

We are embedding the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in our teaching, research and institutional operations. Discover the progress we are making towards meeting them.

Pioneering research

Research and radical innovation are fundamental to addressing the challenges of living sustainably. Our world-leading research focuses on finding solutions to major global challenges.

Student Action

Passionate, proactive, organised and engaged. Our student community are ambassadors for positive change. Our student unions are leading in way in enabling their voices to be heard. Be inspired by the actions they are taking.

Our Global Campuses

We are a global university with five campuses across three nations. Each offers unique challenges and opportunities in addressing environmental impact. How are our international campuses contributing to our global sustainability efforts?

Sustainable Travel

Travel to and between our campuses is inevitable. We are committed to limiting the impact of this through the promotion of active travel options and education on the carbon footprint of our travel choices. How can you reduce your impact?

Community engagement

Find out below what what we're currently doing and how you can get involved.

Climate Advocacy Programme

We are developing a Climate Advocacy course to enable our global community to not just take action in charting a path to a safer future, but to do so with confidence.

Our team

The core Global Environmental Sustainability team are based in different professional families within the university, they work closely with our students, staff, alumni and external community groups.

We are embedding sustainability in the development of our policy and strategy as we strengthen and expand our sustainability commitments.

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The Future Starts with Heriot-Watt University

Find out about the development of our Net Zero Community and how you can get involved.

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Latest news

Read about our progress in addressing global challenges.

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