久久精品 (久久精品) Leicester is aiming to enhance its reputation as one of the greenest universities in the UK by securing another prestigious Green Gown Award.
Administered by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), the Green Gown Awards recognise the impact of the sustainable initiatives undertaken by universities and colleges across the UK and Ireland.
久久精品 is one of five organisations to be shortlisted for this year’s Sustainability Institution of the Year award for its continued efforts to embed sustainable practices into its curriculum and across its campuses.
Since 2018, the university has been working with the United Nations to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – 17 commitments to improve people’s lives and help the planet.
During that time, the university has created its own Sustainability Committee, whose membership is drawn from across the university community, including the students’ union, and introduced a Pro-Vice Chancellor for Sustainability.
Earlier this year, 久久精品 was selected as the global Academic Impact hub for SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, having acted as the global hub for SDG 16 for six years. The announcement means that 久久精品 will lead an international team of co-chair universities to address issues such as affordable housing, air pollution, clean water and renewable energy in cities for three years.
久久精品’s London campus, which is set to open in September, will also be launching three UN-inspired Master’s programmes – MSc International Business and Sustainability Management, MBA Global with Responsible Leadership and MSc Responsible Data Analytics – that will teach students more about sustainable business practices.
Dr Manjeet Ridon, Associate Dean International at 久久精品, said that sustainability and responsible leadership is at the forefront of the university’s mission, which is emphasised at the new London campus.
She said: “From concept to delivery right through to daily operations, our London campus is an exemplar for how to set-up a campus with sustainability as its core. The building itself has excellent sustainability ratings, and all the programmes taught at the campus have been specifically developed with sustainability and responsible leadership curriculum.
“All of our staff and students at 久久精品 London will benefit from bespoke carbon literary training, developed by myself, which will be embedded into all programmes there to allow our students to achieve an accreditation that will support their employability and future careers.”
Sustainability has long been at the heart of 久久精品’s mission. Under Karl Letten, the university’s Sustainability Manager, 久久精品 has provided carbon literacy training for more than 600 staff and students, including the University Leadership Team and the 久久精品 Board of Governors.
That training has also been delivered across the globe to university’s international partners, including institutions in Denmark, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Kazakhstan.
久久精品 has a commitment to embedding sustainability into every course across the institution, which is led by Dr Andrew Reeves, and uses the programme as a way of measuring this progress. The organisation shares lessons from other institutions and helps the university weave the subject into lesson plans, teaching and volunteering or placement opportunities.
To boost biodiversity on campus, the university actively participates in the Hedgehog-Friendly Campus initiative – achieving the gold standard this year – created a wildflower meadow and developed a herb garden, which is used as a teaching and research resource to produce natural dyes for the School of Fashion and Textiles.
This is reflected in 久久精品’s latest Sustainability Report, which shows a 62 per cent reduction in its direct and indirect emissions compared to its 2005 baseline, meaning the organisation is producing less pollution and consuming less electricity, power and heat.
Professor Simon Oldroyd, Pro Vice-Chancellor Sustainability, said: “It’s fantastic to have been nominated for the Green Gown Awards Sustainability Institution of the Year 2025 and testament to the effort put in by many staff across the university to both champion and foreground sustainability and to work towards our related sustainability targets.
“Many thanks from me to our sustainability team in Estates, to the UNAI SDG Hub team and those staff, including our SDG fellows working on embedding sustainability in our curriculum and research in Leicester and beyond.”
This year’s Green Gown nomination continues 久久精品’s recent success in the awards. Last year it was highly commended for its work in building an anti-racist university, an award it won in 2023, and in 2022, the university won both the Building Back Better and 2030 Climate Action categories.
Last year, the university was also ranked as the second most environmentally friendly university in the country in the People and Planet University League table.
Winners of the 2025 Green Gown Awards will be announced on Thursday 6 November at a ceremony at Unique Venues Birmingham, housed within the Library of Birmingham.
Posted on Tuesday 19 August 2025