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Sustainability

Newcastle University commits to embedding social and environmental justice throughout our activity. We are taking action on the climate and ecological crises. We do this through our environmental sustainability work.

Ranked in the top 5 in the UK for sustainable development

See Newcastle University's progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023 recognise our efforts.

Newcastle is placed in the top 5 in the UK and the top 25 in the world. 

The Impact Rankings assess more than 1,400 universities from around the world. They look at action taken towards the UNSDGs. They evaluate institutions across research, stewardship, outreach and teaching.

1st in the UK for action on sustainable development.

What we do

Social Justice

Newcastle University is committed to social justice in all that we do. We work together to create a fairer and more just society.

Environmental Justice

At Newcastle University we are leading critical research on pressing environmental issues.

Sustainable Campus

The Sustainability Team leads on embedding sustainability throughout campus activity.

Global Challenges Academy

Working together with our partners, we make important discoveries to tackle today's global challenges.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Newcastle is an inclusive community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

University of Sanctuary

Newcastle University aims to provide a welcoming place of safety for all.

One Planet

We understand One Planet to mean that resources are finite and that current practices and consumption levels are unsustainable.

Sustainable Development Goals

Learn how Newcastle University is supporting this United Nations initiative.

Latest news

02 May 2023

The Vanishing Act

A new show exploring the bug world as never seen before is being created by Cap-a-Pie theatre company with young people and a Newcastle University scientist.

11 April 2023

Comment: New research shows how rapidly ice sheets retreat

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Christine Batchelor and her colleague Dr Frazer Christie discuss what their discovery about the speed of ice sheet retreat may mean for Antarctica.

05 April 2023

Ice sheets can collapse faster than previously thought

Ice sheets can retreat up to 600 metres a day during periods of climate warming, 20 times faster than the highest rate of retreat previously measured.