U of G Earns Gold Rating for Sustainability
Our sustainability story began over 150 years ago with our founding colleges as they advanced knowledge, promoted education, and fostered connections with communities. Now, as one of the country’s top comprehensive and research-intensive universities, we continue to prioritize sustainability in our teaching, our research, on our campus and in our community.
Over the past year, we have been actively collecting data and stories to help us measure our progress on advancing sustainability and action on climate change against the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS is an internationally recognized, voluntary, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure, track and report their sustainability performance.
Our progress has earned the University of Guelph a gold STARS rating. U of G’s rating places it among Ontario’s top-four most sustainable universities. Out of the 91 Canadian institutions that participate in STARS, 16, including U of G, have achieved a gold rating.
U of G’s STARS rating was based on the sustainability performance of the main campus in the following categories: academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration, innovation, and leadership.
We welcome you to explore U of G’s STARS report to discover what we’ve discovered; that sustainability is truly a part of our shared story at the University of Guelph.
From Research To Reality
The ability to think across disciplines to generate new knowledge is an invaluable resource to address the needs of the present, without compromising the futures ability to meet their own needs. The University of Guelph is a living lab, where academics and operations come together to improve life.