Sustainability at AU
At AU, we are committed to promoting sustainable development through our research, degree programmes and operations.
This site is primarily focused on the operational aspects of this work and contains information about AU’s sustainability network and the development of AU’s strategy for the area. You can also find examples of initiatives that are helping to ensure that AU’s operations are sustainable.
Climate accounting
AU has been given its first climate accounting. This will help AU to gain insight into the university's climate impact and provide an insight into whether the university is on the right track to reduce its carbon footprint. A website on the climate accounts will be announced in English as soon as possible.
AU is developing a sustainability strategy
The AU Board has approved a draft of Aarhus University’s first climate strategy. The strategy is submitted for consultation at the university and is expected to get its final approval in April 2020. The strategy includes a goal to reduce AU’s CO2 emissions until 2025 and highlights a number of focus areas.
AU Garden
At the intersection of Nordre Ringgade and Trøjborgvej you will find the AU Garden where there’s room for gardening, socialising, and encouraging biodiversity. A small project group of dedicated students and employees who are passionate about plants and biodiversity is behind the project. Would you like to join?
How AU works with sustainability
All over the university, people are working with the environmental sustainability of AU in many different ways and levels.
Sustainability network
Aarhus University have established a new sustainability network for students and employees at the university.
Join the #AUSustainability network today.
Contact information
If you have any questions please send an email to Sustainability@au.dk.
Biodiversity in the middle of the University Park
A group of committed students and employees from Bioscience has, in collaboration with AU Finance and Estates Projects and Developments, begun a project to let nature roam free in two selected areas of the University Park – for the benefit of biodiversity as well as the users of the park.