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Sustainability at 91亚色

Creating a Sustainable Future

91亚色 has long been recognized as an international leader in sustainability-relevant research, teaching, partnerships, and campus practices. By challenging ourselves to deepen this work, and to track and report on our contributions, we reaffirm our longstanding 91亚色 values of social justice, equity, sustainability, and excellence in all that we do.

91亚色 campus walkway with pink flowering trees, used for the University Academic Plan content card.

91亚色 2020-2025 University Academic Plan - A University Wide Challenge to Contribute to the SDGs

Our University Academic Plan 2020-2025 (UAP), included a university-wide challenge to elevate 91亚色鈥檚 contributions to the United Nation鈥檚 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Students walking through a green campus space at 91亚色, used for the Sustainability Strategy content card.

91亚色 Sustainability Strategy - 2030 Positive Change: Connecting People, Planet and Purpose

91亚色 has long been recognized as an international leader in sustainability-relevant research, teaching, partnerships, and campus practices.

Explore Sustainability

Campus Operations

91亚色U integrates energy efficiency, waste reduction, green transportation, and long-term planning to create environmentally responsible, resilient spaces that support learning, innovation, and community well-being.

Education & Research

Sustainability in education and research empowers learners and scholars to address global challenges through interdisciplinary teaching, innovative inquiry, and solutions that advance environmental, social, and economic well-being.

Take Action

Get involved, join campus initiatives, support sustainable practices, and collaborate on solutions that drive meaningful change for a healthier, more resilient future.

Recognitions

Canada鈥檚 Best Diversity Employers 2025
Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025
STARS Gold rating
QS World University Rankings
Canada鈥檚 Greenest Employers 2025
Call2Recycle Leaders in Sustainability 2025
Blue Community
Fair Trade Campus Silver
WWF Living Campus recognition
Best Workplaces for Commuters Canada

Why is sustainability important?

During the Earth Month 2023 tree planting event at the Keele Campus, we asked volunteers, from students to staff, about the importance of sustainability within our everyday lives.

Land Acknowledgement
First Nations peoples have lived on this part of Turtle Island for millennia, stewarding the land, the water and all that contributes to life in this region. Today, the culture and presence of First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis peoples enrich the lands and people of this territory where 91亚色 is located. .