Core Commitments
Institutional Sustainability
最新天美传媒 is dedicated to sustainability both on campus and around the world. USF recognizes
the importance of meeting the needs of our metropolitan location while minimizing
our environmental impact. Therefore, USF educates students, staff, and the community
in environmental stewardship and sustainability. This stewardship includes building
green facilities, improving our energy efficiency, water conservation, green cleaning,
planting
native species, recycling, and funding renewable energy projects.
At USF, we make it a responsibility to become a greener university every day by generating knowledge, developing values, changing behaviors, and initiating practices that contribute to a sustainable environment. USF continually works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency through initiatives such as the Student Green Energy Fund, the Clean Energy Research Center, zero-emission electric buses, and LEED-certified buildings.
USF鈥檚 work toward achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) was recognized in the Times Higher Education鈥檚 2021 Impact Rankings, placing
the university third nationally and 30th internationally. The World University鈥檚 Impact
Rankings quantifiably measured the efforts of 1,115 universities from 94 countries
and regions to achieve any of the UN鈥檚 17 SDGs, which are initiatives that act as
a blueprint to create a 鈥渂etter and more sustainable future for all.鈥 USF鈥檚 ranking
in the top 20 schools nationally for all 17 of the categories was bolstered notably
by its efforts to eliminate poverty in Goal One (placing USF
No. 1 in the nation and No. 2 in the world for this category), Goal Nine focused on
鈥淚ndustry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,鈥 seeking to create sustainable inventions
and buildings all over the world (No. 2 nationally and 28th internationally), and
Goal 14, 鈥淟ife Below Water,鈥 which advocates for the conservation of the world鈥檚 oceans
and the development of marine resources (with USF ranking second nationally and 10th
internationally). We will continue to build on this foundation of success and establish
a culture of sustainability across all campuses of USF.