JOIN EDUC

Our Initiatives

Join EDuC drives change in higher education by elevating visibility and credibility for program-level sustainability commitments while empowering students to make informed choices about their studies. As the creator of the EDuC Label—the first sustainability accreditation for higher education programs across all disciplines globally—Join EDuC sets a new standard in sustainability in the student learning experience. Developed in partnership with AFNOR, France's national organization for standardization and the country's representative member of ISO, the EDuC Label reflects a rigorous commitment to embedding sustainability into academic curricula.

Join EDuC leads the following initiatives:

EDuC Label: the 1st international sustainability accreditation for higher education programs

EDuC Metrics: your partner to record, track and report on your programs’ ESD maturity

EDuC Connect: online community for sustainability-committed educators

EDuC Academy: providing higher education faculty and staff with ESD training

EDuC Conference: annual conference dedicated to fostering collaboration in ESD

EDuC Research: advancing knowledge in ESD through collaborative research projects

About the EDuC Label

Join EDuC supports higher education programs with the EDuC Label, the 1st sustainability accreditation designed to recognize and reward a commitment to sustainability teaching.

This international accreditation offers benefits for all higher education stakeholders, including:

Program leaders: Diagnose the strength of a program in terms of sustainability integration in the student experience.
Faculty: Highlight the effectiveness of teaching material and learning experiences in guiding students on sustainability.
School administrators: Track data and communicate progress in sustainability teaching and student experience across programs.
Students: Compare programs of all types around the world based on sustainability integration in the classroom and extracurriculars.

Learn More About the EDuC Label

Why Join EDuC?

Our mission is to ensure that future employees, entrepreneurs and business leaders are prepared to reconcile business activities with present and future environmental and social challenges. We do this by supporting change in higher education curricula by bringing visibility and credibility to program-level sustainability commitments while empowering students in their choice of studies.

Through its incorporation as a French société à mission, Join EDuC (formerly known as La Belle EDuC) is legally bound to drive its operations forward with the overriding goal of creating the following impacts:

Lead higher education institutions to greater integration of sustainability content and practice in curricula;
Offer greater visibility to students on sustainability coverage in programs;
Contribute to the development and sharing of measurement tools and best practices in sustainability for education stakeholders;
Raise awareness among stakeholders of the challenges of sustainability and its integration in teaching and the student learning experience.

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