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The University of Bremen has adopted its first sustainability strategy. It will guide the university’s efforts to be more sustainable and climate-friendly in all areas: in research, teaching and learning, knowledge transfer, campus operations, and university life.
By adopting this strategy, the university is taking on social responsibility and committing to sustainable and climate-friendly actions as its guiding principle. Ecological and social aspects are to be considered equally important as economic aspects and given greater weight. The university is pursuing the goal of being carbon neutral by 2038, in line with the goals of Bremen State.
The sustainability strategy marks the beginning of a transformation of the University of Bremen as a whole. This transformation will impact all areas of the university, including research, teaching and learning, campus operations, and the university’s interaction with society. The Academic Senate played a pivotal role in developing and approving the sustainability strategy, reflecting its comprehensive impact on the university. “I am delighted with the Academic Senate’s positive vote on our sustainability strategy and the many activities already underway at our university,” said Professor Jutta Günther, President of the University of Bremen.
The Sustainability Strategy builds on the university’s unique and successful history of a reform-embracing university, where unconventional approaches and a sense of community have been at the heart of its ongoing development.
Ambitious Goals for All Areas of the University
The strategy outlines specific goals for research, learning and teaching, knowledge transfer, campus operations, and university life, which are closely interrelated. In research, for example, activities will have a greater focus on generating practical knowledge for society. In addition, in order to ultimately become carbon neutral, the university will also make its research more low-emission and resource-efficient.
Education at the University of Bremen is supposed to enable students to reflect on their impact and to make responsible decisions with regard to sustainable development.
“By implementing this strategy, the University of Bremen will provide important impetus for the transformation towards sustainability in society,” emphasizes President Professor Jutta Günther. The university will only be able to achieve its overall transformation if its employees and students embrace change as an opportunity to shape the socio-ecological transformation in a long-term, continuous, and joint manner. “We accept this challenge as a joint creative task and want to implement it in close cooperation with Bremen State and the other academic institutions,” the President concludes.
https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/sustainability
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