2018-22 Progress Report on the Pitt Sustainability Plan
The University of Pittsburgh’s sustainability journey dates back to 1990, with commitments, activities, and engagement deepening and increasing over the past three decades. In 2018, the Pitt Sustainability Plan set the University’s sustainability goals and strategies, further cementing sustainability as a core value for Pitt. Since then, Pitt students, faculty, staff, and partners have made noteworthy progress towards creating a more sustainable culture, campus, and university.
The 2018-22 Progress Report on the Pitt Sustainability Plan recognizes our collective progress on each of the Pitt Sustainability Plan’s 68 distinct and ambitious goals.
Key Takeaways:
- We celebrate our shared achievement of 6 goals alongside the 43 goals we have on target or on track.
- We acknowledge that our headway on 16 goals is off track – and progress on 3 goals is unclear.
- With sustainability as a core value in the Plan for Pitt, the momentum behind our pursuit of Pitt Sustainability Plan goals and strategies is clear.
Since 2018, we have rethought, reframed, and even set new University sustainability goals. The most visible example of the latter is the University’s 2020 commitment to achieving carbon neutrality for the Pittsburgh campus by 2037, which is reinforced by the 2022 Pitt Climate Action Plan.
Our shared, strengthened work combatting the climate emergency exemplifies how sustainability goals and strategies can change over time, reflecting new realities in our work balancing equity, environment, and economics so current and future generations can thrive.
Together, we are creating a more sustainable future for all.