Green Gown Awards 2019 - The University of Manchester - Finalist

As one of the world’s leading research institutions and the UK’s only university to have social responsibility as a core goal, The University of Manchester is playing a leading role in tackling The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in four ways: through our research impact, learning and students, public engagement activity and responsible campus processes.  

The quality and scale of our impact against the SDGs has been ranked first in Europe and third in the world in the 2019 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings. We’ve also championed sustainable development through higher education as a key signatory to the international SDG Accord. 

Our pioneering and comprehensive new SDG report is aimed at a wide range of local, national and international audiences across the public, private, NGO, policy and education sectors. We hope it sets a new bar on SDG reporting and stimulates further ideas, actions and collaboration opportunities.  

Top 3 learnings:

• Agree the scope (number of goals reporting against) of SDG reporting based on your institution. 
• Establish a working group with representatives from across all academic areas and professional services. 
• A report is a snapshot in time so use complementary methods to communicate case studies. 

Videos

• The University of Manchester - Total Reporting (click to hide)