Environmental Sustainability at Warwick
Creating a Sustainable Future
The University of Warwick is playing its part in tackling the climate emergency. Building on our existing research and education programmes and our connections to industry and society, we’re focusing on The Way to Sustainable – the real-life implications of creating a sustainable future and the practical challenges of getting there.
Get involved
Want to make a positive impact? There are plenty of ways to take action and help create a more sustainable campus and community!
Sustainability strategy
Warwick is on a journey to becoming more sustainable and making a positive impact in the world. Our sustainability strategy – Way To Sustainable – sets out the path that we are all on together.
Case studies
Take a look at our environmental sustainability case studies to learn more about how we're tackling climate change problems, both internally and with our external partners.
Tracking Our Impact
Warwick excelled in Governance, ranking 13th globally and in the top 1% of universities. This position recognises the critical frameworks that Warwick has in place to help foster transparency, inclusivity, and ethical responsibility towards achieving long-term sustainability.
Our key strengths including:
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Staff & Student Engagement
- Sustainability staff
- Environmental Auditing & Management Systems
Our SDG ReportLink opens in a new window showcases how Warwick is delivering impact locally, nationally, and globally.
Read more sustainability case studies on our Case Studies page.Link opens in a new window
Environmental Sustainability at Warwick Updates
Sustainability News
Science for hedgehogs at Wellesbourne Innovation Campus
Celebrating International Bat Night with a bat-friendly campus
University of Warwick receives £1.5 million grant to support groundbreaking research in sustainable energy, advanced materials, and manufacturing
Not just a tick box exercise!
Sustainability in action: Our progress so far
Yellow Rattle Blossoms: Small Seeds, Big Change
Sustainability Events
Small mammal survey
Sustainability Press Releases
University of Warwick welcomes Ukrainian education leaders to programme supporting the reconstruction of education in Ukraine
University of Warwick rises in the rankings, again
Warwick chemists overturn 40-year assumption about a key class of superconductor
Scientists find that the body's warmth sensor is secretly a pain switch
Flower power: bumblebees ferry natural protection from bloom to bloom
University of Warwick to lead development of Project SNOW to provide data-driven delivery of healthcare.
Warwick Business School welcomes Ukrainian veterans to shape nation's civic future
Sustainability Matters Now Podcast
A University of Warwick podcast exploring the three pillars of sustainability: environmental, economic, and social.
Through conversations with staff, students, and partners at Warwick and beyond, we examine how universities, organisations, and communities put sustainability into practice; from grassroots recycling initiatives to climate politics, and from student wellbeing programmes to institutional transformation. Join us monthly for stories of innovation, leadership, and sustainable change in action!