Keep up to date with the University of Birmingham's latest sustainability news and initiatives.
Sustainability at Heart
The Sustainability at Heart e-newsletter showcases the breadth of University activities across social responsibility and sustainability themes. This is no mean feat and this newsletter features research and events, celebrates successes, shares opportunities to get involved and puts a spotlight on different issues each month.
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Sustainability and social responsibility groups and projects
Posted 17 February 2021
The University of Birmingham has signed up to the UN Global Compact – the world's largest corporate responsibility initiative – as part of reducing its environmental footprint and maximising the impact of its research.
Posted 06 October 2020
The depletion of groundwater sources in parts of the United States High Plains is so severe that peak grain production in some states has already been passed, according to new research.
Posted 24 August 2020
Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of Birmingham in the UK and Northwestern University in the US.
Posted 07 February 2020
The University of Birmingham is using an innovative equipment recycling scheme which has to date saved 32 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the environment.