Policy on Culture Sustainability

The University is committed to develop a culture of sustainability among its stakeholders. Various initiatives and innovations help develop a culture of sustainability, which is ideally characterized by critical thinking regarding lifestyle, adaptive capacity in addressing issues, and respect for different forms of Creation.

Guidelines on Culture Sustainability

1. The University includes sustainability principles, initiatives, and innovations in its academic programs and research agenda, in collaboration with the academic units.

2. Stakeholders are engaged through various activities that promote sustainability:

• Fora, such as lectures, seminars, workshops, and conferences

• Service-learning of students

• Projects, such as business models, technology innovations, and communication and advocacy

3. Administrative and technical support for various sustainable initiatives and innovations enable changes in institutional lifestyle and increase sustainability awareness.

4. Campus sustainability initiatives are an indirect way to reduce disaster risk because these initiatives contribute to the reduction of carbon and water footprints, as well as to the increase of urban biodiversity, both of which may have some impact on climate change, no matter how small.