2024 Institutional Sustainability Report

2024 Institutional Sustainability Report

We welcome you to read the University of Calgary's 14th Institutional Sustainability Report (ISR) and celebrate the actions taken across our diverse community to contribute to sustainability. The report demonstrates progress toward our Institutional Sustainability Strategy and our commitment to excellence and leadership in sustainability through the lens of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)

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About the report

The 2024 ISR spotlights actions in teaching and learning, research and innovation, campus and community engagement, and sustainable campus practices. The report highlights select achievements led by our campus community during the 2023-24 reporting period and reflects a small sample of the many endeavours across our campus. 

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For more than a decade, the UCalgary community has been at the forefront of promoting sustainability. Our collective efforts, spanning all faculties and campus administration, have led to significant changes that positively impact people, places and the planet, reflecting our shared commitment to a sustainable future. Looking ahead of tomorrow, UCalgary will continue to advance sustainability as a campus community and through partnerships. We will continue to learn from experts to better our practices while creating accessible knowledge to support others in their sustainable journeys.

Ed McCauley

President and Vice–Chancellor

Institutional Sustainability Strategy Goals

Advancing sustainability education

Advance sustainability research and innovation

Enrich engagement for sustainability

Grow campus sustainability

2024 ISR highlights

Times Higher Education Impact Rankings Top 5% globally for advancing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals for the past 5 years
Recognized as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for the eighth year in a row
QS Sustainability Rankings Top 5% globally for commitment to tackling critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges

Did you know

Over 19,800 UCalgary students took at least one or more sustainability related courses in 2023-24

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In 2023-24, UCalgary produced more than 28,000 sustainability-related research publications

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UCalgary achieved 41 per cent reduction in GHG emissions since 2008

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UN SDGs 4, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17

UN SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 17

UN SDGs 1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17