The Imperial Zero Pollution programme’s vision is to realise a sustainable, zero pollution future. As one of the world’s top universities, we have the power to help make that a reality. This programme includes our research, our teaching, our partnerships and our campuses.

For Our Campuses, the College has an ambition to lead the sector in becoming one of the lowest carbon, zero polluting, low consumption and biodiverse ecosystems within the constraints of our urban environments, by applying our academic strength and commitment to safeguard the future. We are building our campus sustainability programme to deliver this ambition, with a central Sustainability Hub led by our Academic Lead for Sustainability (Prof. Tim Green) and Sustainability Strategy Director (Harriet Wallace), working alongside sustainability leads in our Operational Teams and sustainability committees in our Academic Faculties. You can find out more about our governance structures here.

The development of this programme builds on the ambition set out in our Sustainability Strategy, to become a sustainable and net zero carbon institution by 2040 and, as part of this, to make significant progress on sustainability across travel, procurement, estates, catering, waste and biodiversity.

The strategy also includes commitments to strong research and teaching on sustainability, including through the Transition to Zero Pollution research programme, and on engagement with our College community. We are working to refresh our strategy and strengthen our implementation programme as part of the new College Strategy development process over the course of 2023.

Some ways we are making our campuses sustainable

• Food waste composting 
• Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework to address energy efficiency, waste management, and sharing resources   
• Reusable coffee cup scheme being piloted on campus 
• Dairy-free pilot at campus outlets
• No Mow May

 

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