Our Sustainability Annual Reports are markers to measure how far we’ve come, and maps to show us where we want to go. Check out our progress by browsing through our previous reports.
Collaboration is key to ensuring Boston University achieves its climate goals. Whether working with the various departments and colleges across the University, student organizations, peer institutions, or city, state, and regional partners, decarbonization requires a collective effort. In 2023, BU Sustainability continued its work toward achieving the goals established in the University's Climate Action Plan and supported our broader community in their climate action efforts.
Boston University is and always will be a key part of the City’s work in climate action. In 2022, the University’s work was no exception.
This year, Boston University’s efforts are influencing and changing what climate action can look like in Boston. From opening the City’s largest fossil fuel-free and carbon-free building, to how BU is responding to climate change, reducing emissions, leading sustainability-focused research, and working directly with local leaders to advance climate action in our community, Boston University is leading on climate action.
Read the 2022 Annual Report to learn how Boston University is leading by example.
In 2021, BU Sustainability made progress integrating sustainability into the University's day-to-day life.
Influencing the design of campus buildings. Making recommendations about what the University purchases and discards. Bringing together students and faculty for practical, productive research. These are just a few of the ways we’re making sustainability part of BU’s DNA.
Read our 2021 Sustainability Annual Report to learn more about the advances we've made.
Boston University’s 2020 Sustainability Annual Report covers calendar year 2020 with metrics for FY2020.
As the world changed around us, we were pushed to reassess how we live and work in society and think deliberately about how we can adopt a more balanced approach to the three pillars of sustainability. Read about how our operations are evolved to address social justice, environmental stability, and economic sustainability in 2020.
Highlights: Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Campus Climate Lab, BU Wind, Environmental Justice Series.