Higher Education Institutions in the UK have a unique opportunity and responsibility to create a positive impact through their work with students, staff, suppliers, partners, communities and networks. The size and demographics of your audiences mean you’re perfectly placed to start a ripple effect of inspiration and action.

But even though it’s difficult for anyone to disagree with these statements, the reality of successfully executing a sustainability strategy isn’t always easy. Even those who are ahead of the curve are finding the practicalities of embedding sustainable change challenging – especially within a tightening financial envelope. But pulling back on sustainability efforts now would be the worst thing institutions could do.

Through our work with universities over the last few years, we’ve noticed that many of the challenges faced are scenarios we’ve seen before – some in different sectors, different contexts, and with different flavours – but also on this exact topic at different universities.

There’s a huge disparity and inconsistency across the industry in terms of actual operational progress being made, often with well-crafted strategies and well-intentioned, very knowledgeable colleagues at the centre, but with common setbacks and barriers when it comes to actually getting things done. In many instances, this could be impacting your finances as well as your carbon footprint.

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