Leadership, Staff and Governance for Sustainability
Find out how we are embedding the Sustainable Development goals across our leadership, operations, teaching and engagement.
Our Strategy for Climate Action and the SDGs sets out a clear vision towards achieving our key strategic priorities of climate, campus and curriculum
Our engagement and coms strategy sets out our objectives for each of our engagement projects and channels over the next two years.
The SSG exists to deliver the requirements of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Education Accord signed by Karen Cox in 2018
The University of Kent has divested from fossil fuels and has committed to ensuring they will be excluded from any future investments.
All new staff at Kent undertake an Introduction to Sustainability e-learning module on the staff training Moodle using the link on the right.
Staff in specific roles relating to sustainability will be required to undertake additional training. For example, staff whose role involves use, transport or disposal of hazardous materials may be required to undertake spill response training. Please talk to your line manager if you are unsure if this applies to you.
We also run Carbon Literacy training for staff, available on request.
If you have any queries related to sustainability training please contact Catherine Morris (Sustainability Manager) at c.morris@kent.ac.uk
The Sustainability team works closely with a number of external organisations. We are educational members of the Environmental Association of Universities which allows us to share knowledge of delivering sustainability in HE from Universities across the UK.
We also represent the University in a number of external community action groups such a Canterbury Climate Action Partnership (CCAP) and the Canterbury SDG Forum
We will embed sustainability through building the UN Sustainable Development Goals into our research, education, leadership, operations, administration and engagement.