Climate action

Goal: Take urgent action to achieve net zero emissions across our operations and value chain.

Why this matters

Tackling climate change is a top environmental sustainability priority for our students, staff, and communities.

Our 'Climate action' theme includes measures to reduce operational (scope 1 and 2) emissions such as transitioning to renewable energy and electrifying our campuses, as well as reducing value chain (scope 3) emissions by engaging with our key suppliers and divesting from fossil fuel investment holdings.

What we are doing

Completing a comprehensive value chain emission inventory every year
Tackling operational emissions by transitioning to renewable electricity and electrifying our campuses
Going further by engaging our suppliers to reduce their emissions and divesting from fossil fuel investment holdings

Keeping ourselves on track with science-based targets

The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) methodology provides a clearly-defined pathway for organisations to reduce emissions to help prevent the worst impacts of climate change.

Our target is to reduce our total (scope 1, 2 and 3) emissions on a 1.5°C pathway, which translates to:

Source: UNSW Environmental Sustainability Report 2023, p11

Environmental Sustainability