Beginning in early 2022, a cross-university team undertook WPI's first self-study on contributions toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The team began by gathering and submitting data from the WPI community to the annual Impact Ranking, a specialized ranking from Times Higher Education (THE) on university contributions to the SDGs. To supplement the results of the Impact Ranking, the Steering Committee began releasing an annual progress report in addition. The goal of this report is to provide a deeper look into the teaching, research, service, and professional projects that WPI community members engage in related to sustainability and sustainable development.
Over the past few years, the SDG Steering Committee has continued to monitor and report WPI’s contributions toward the achievement of the SDGs through these annual activities. The latest release can be found below.
You can reach the SDG Steering Committee team by email at gr-sdgteam@wpi.edu.
GOAL 1: INCREASE AWARENESS of WPI’s contributions to sustainability and the UN SDGs
GOAL 2: BUILD COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST aligned with the Global Goals at WPI
GOAL 3: CREATE AND SHARE A REPORTING SYSTEM for indicators of activity supporting sustainability and the Global Goals at WPI
GOAL 4: ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES across the institution
Thank you to the following offices, departments, and individuals who continue to support this work:
For the 2024 SDG Progress Report, the SDG Steering Committee expanded our report to include work across each of the 17 SDGs. We hope this offers a broader look at the work of the WPI community.
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You can also reach the SDG self-study team by email at gr-sdgteam@wpi.edu.
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