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Enhancing the impact of your institution’s sustainability efforts

Why Sustainable Development Goals?

To demonstrate a clear commitment to a greener, fairer, more equitable society, today’s leading higher education institutions now require a clear strategic direction to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

THE’s Sustainability Strategy Framework provides institutions with a four-stage end-to-end solution to assess the impact of an institution’s efforts in achieving the UN’s 17 recognized SDGs. 

The SDGs are integrated into research programmes, national and international policies and even election campaigns globally. Higher education institutions are a crucial pillar of the pursuit of the SDGs.

THE’s Sustainability Strategy Framework

Data-informed strategic guidance to empower your sustainability and impact.

Diagnostics

A data-led approach to evaluate sustainability efforts and identify strengths, gaps and  opportunities.

Development

Creation of a sustainability strategy to help forge SDG research partnerships, attract talent and develop a strong brand offering with high quality, engaging content.

Engagement

Through targeted sustainability branding and international events, this phase will build your brand reputation and global visibility with key higher education stakeholders.

Measurement

Assess the impact and effectiveness of the solutions and activities undertaken, optimising performance for sustainable growth and institutional strategy.

Offering sector-wide benefits

  • Improving sustainability research

  • Identifying SDG partnership opportunities

  • Building a strong brand and reputation to highlight sustainability commitment

  • Developing sustainability strategy

  • Attracting students and developing sustainability programmes

  • Measuring student outcomes in sustainability education

Universities

  • Formulating policies, practices and the strategic direction of the HE sector

  • Tracking the sustainability efforts of institutions & aligning SDGs with country-specific goals

  • Building a compelling narrative around a country’s sustainability efforts to attract students, staff and partners

  • Measuring national student sustainability outcomes

Governments

  • Establishing your brand as a thought leader in sustainability among HE institutions

  • Using universities as a test-bed in providing solutions to enhance sustainability

  • Showcasing your commitment to the SDGs by demonstrating the outcomes of your sustainability efforts

  • Measuring national student sustainability outcomes

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Diagnostics

A data-led approach to evaluate sustainability efforts and identify strengths, gaps and opportunities. This includes training of staff and faculty to create buy-in across institutions on SDG priorities, strategy and implementation. 

  • Sustainability audit
  • Internal stakeholder analysis
  • Sustainability Strategy Academy workshops
  • Impact Rankings Data Assessment
  • Sustainability brand discovery

Development

Creation of a sustainability strategy to help forge SDG research partnerships, attract talent and develop a strong brand offering with high quality, engaging content.

  • Roadmap creation
  • SDG research partnerships & talent attraction
  • Sustainability brand development
  • Bespoke digital content production
See example video series from Lingnan University
See example podcast series from Liverpool University

Engagement

Through targeted sustainability branding and international events, this phase will build your brand reputation and global visibility with key higher education stakeholders.

  • Sustainability branding campaigns 
  • International sustainability event presence
View THE’s events series here
Watch a recap of GSDC 2024
  • Global Sustainable Development Congress (GSDC)
  • Green Skills Conference
  • THE Sustainability Forums

Measurement

Assess the impact and effectiveness of the solutions and activities undertaken, optimising performance for sustainable growth and institutional strategy.

  • Access to THE’s SDG Impact Dashboard
  • Digital brand analysis
  • Quarterly ROI tracking
  • Brand and campaign statistics
SDG Impact Dashboard
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Our 5-step Management Process

Your dedicated team of THE consultants will work collaboratively with you and your key stakeholders throughout the project – from Diagnostics through to Measurement

Project Initiation

We’ll allocate a project team and agree the project scope, timescales and ways of working

Define

We’ll agree competitor set, panel specifications, and messaging/brand statements to test.

Research

We’ll design, build, and test surveys or topic guides to deploy to our agreed audiences

Analyse

We’ll review results from surveys and interviews, to identify trends and themes

Report

We’ll review results from surveys and interviews, to identify trends and themes

Some of our valued clients

The University of Newcastle 

Australia

UoN colleagues have been able to identify what top institutions are doing (or not) in relation to each specific SDG and subsequently drive UoN’s strategy and alignment towards the UN SDGs.

Lingnan University 

Hong Kong

THE’s Impact Rankings are important as they play a pivotal role in driving the university’s student and staff recruitment efforts, helping to attract more research funding and enhancing people’s trust and perception of the university.

Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research & Innovation 

Thailand

[the collaboration with THE] has contributed towards a change of mindset and culture among Thai universities so they are no longer afraid of evaluating themselves and of reflecting on what they are doing and how they can improve in the future.

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