Sustainability | Sheffield Hallam University

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Climate Action Strategy

Our Climate Action Strategy sets out a whole-of-institution approach to tackling the climate emergency.

New course starting 2024

Our new Climate, Sustainability and Environmental Management course integrates natural and social sciences with real-world learning opportunities.

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Our climate research

Climate Action is one of a number of key themes for research at Sheffield Hallam, and our research in this area has real world impact.

Our research

Sustainability on campus

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Our buildings

Improving sustainability standards of our new buildings and refurbishments

Food and drink

Read more about how we are making our catering outlets more sustainable

Travel

Monitoring our travel emissions and how you can sustainably travel in the city

Water

We are reducing the water consumption of our estate, and related costs

Waste and recycling

Find out what we can recycle on campus and how to do so

Biodiversity and green spaces

The green spaces on campus and the benefits they provide

Planning and management systems

Our environmental management systems help us to identify our main impacts so we can minimise them. These are outlined in our plan and policy documents.

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Managing our impacts

Energy and carbon

Reducing our building energy use and carbon emissions

Procurement

We are looking at the social and economic impact of our purchases

Education

We want to embed sustainability skills onto all of our courses

Colleagues, students and partners

Colleague engagement

Find out about our team, our Green Champions network and our all staff initiatives

Student sustainability

Find out about our work with the students' union and the student body

Working in partnership

We work with local and national organisations to improve sustainability at Hallam