Background & Forum Overview
Since its establishment in 2010, UI GreenMetric has become one of the world's leading sustainability assessment frameworks, encouraging universities to integrate sustainability into governance, campus operations, education, research, and community engagement.
- A Global Network for Collective Impact
UI GreenMetric connects a global network of universities, fostering the exchange of knowledge, best practices and innovations to advance sustainability in campus operations, education, research and community engagement.
- Why Collaboration Beyond Academia Matters
The world's most pressing challenges, climate change, urban resilience, biodiversity loss, resource depletion and social inequality, demand collective solutions. Universities cannot address these challenges alone. Strong collaboration with governments, industry, communities and international organizations is essential to drive systemic change and deliver real-world impact. Together, we can accelerate action across climate change, urban resilience, biodiversity, circular economy and ESG implementation for a sustainable and equitable future.
Our Growth, Our Impact
1,700+
Universities participating globally
100+
Countries represented
Thousands
of campuses driving sustainability action
A decade+
of data, benchmarking and impact
Why Collaboration Beyond Academia Matters
The world's most pressing challenges, climate change, urban resilience, biodiversity loss, resource depletion and social inequality, demand collective solutions. Universities cannot address these challenges alone. Strong collaboration with governments, industry, communities and international organizations is essential to drive systemic change and deliver real-world impact. Together, we can accelerate action across climate change, urban resilience, biodiversity, circular economy and ESG implementation for a sustainable and equitable future.
