Net zero and managing carbon

Our Estates Masterplan provides the best the very best for our students, a place where our staff can thrive, make our alumni proud, and a destination where communities can come together.

Sustainability is one of the core pillars of our university strategy and we have been working hard to meet the challenges of our beautiful historical campus, working on plans around our energy and heating, standards for net-zero retrofit, waste management, circular economy, and setting emissions reduction targets and SBTi.

Our Estates Masterplan was completed in 2024. When creating this plan we sought advice from industry experts, leaders in sustainability and used data from our estate. We created a strategy which outlines our plans for the estate and our goals to ensure that we set industry leading targets to deliver truly optimised, energy positive, climate resilient and healthy environments, whilst integrating the character of the surrounding landscape within the use and design of the estate.

Please click here to find out how we plan to achieve net zero by 2040.