Green Gown Awards 2019 - University of the West of England - Finalist

UWE Bristol is committed to supporting the sustainability agenda in everything that it does. In practice, this means we consciously consider the sustainability impacts and benefits of our teaching and learning, campus operations, community engagements and research activities. We seek to minimise our impacts and enhance the positive sustainability benefits of our activities.  

We are developing a culture in which all student and staff members have the opportunity to develop their understanding of sustainable development and put this into practice throughout their professional and private lives. Through partnership working, the sustainability initiatives engage with the whole University community, the Students’ Union, the city-region and across the HE sector.  

We learn from successes and failures and put into practice innovative approaches that drive continuous improvement, all verified through certification to the ISO 14001-2015 standard and Responsible Futures accreditation. 

Top 3 learnings:

• Communicate successes and challenges and learn from them.   
• Build alliances to challenge unsustainable behaviours and activities. 
• Celebrate successes and go further next time.