1.0 RESEARCH
Warwick is committed to progressing our contribution to the UN SDGs, guided by the insight from our research and building on the excellence of our education. We are a world-leading research-intensive university, and are very well placed to tackle global challenges, through both disciplinary excellence and truly interdisciplinary and innovative research across the social sciences, arts and humanities, and science, engineering, and medicine.

This mission is supported by the Institute for Global Sustainable Development, acting as a transdisciplinary gateway to research on global sustainable development at Warwick, and by faculties and many departments across the University that are focused on contributing to the SDGs within their research.

2.0 EDUCATION
It is our goal to educate and empower individuals to take responsibility and lead transformative change.

A Warwick education will enable current and future generations to lead efforts to tackle environmental, social, and economic challenges as reflected in the UN SDGs, ensuring Warwick students are able to develop themselves and effectively influence others.

We will also enable the development of entrepreneurial skills, nurturing new ideas and innovations that boost sustainability in action.

3.0 ENGAGEMENT
To get to a more sustainable future, we recognise the important role of communities, partners and networks in coming together to consider, explore, and address different ways of thinking, testing and applying practical ideas and solutions.

Many of our suppliers, partners and networks will have their own methods of focusing on sustainability so we need to broaden, and deepen, our partnerships and collaborations with different groups and communities to share our insight, our own experiences and collectively plan to achieve positive outcomes. Our approach will be addressed through local, regional, national, and international engagement.

4.0 SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
Warwick is embedding sustainability into our operations to ensure that we can operate resiliently at Net Zero, or beyond, by 2050 from direct and indirect emissions; in doing so, we want to inspire our community, increasing collaboration with stakeholders and supply chain partners to inform and improve what we do.

We know we need to lead by example in reducing our own environmental impact and be guided by the insight from purposeful campus pilots and research that provide the latest knowledge to inform and impact our own operations.

5.0 THE WAY FORWARD
Our Way to Sustainable approach is an integral and evolving part of the University’s strategy. It will change and we will adapt it as we build our institutional knowledge and experience, and as new technologies and opportunities arise. We know that our mission can only be achieved through listening to, and engaging, our communities, and through the development and delivery of action plans focused on our core principles. ESSAG, the Environmental Sustainability Action Group reporting to Warwick’s Executive Board, led by the Provost, will lead and facilitate embedding sustainability in the University’s strategic planning and operations although we recognise everyone has a part to play.