Spurred on by the increasing severity and urgency of the global environmental and climate crisis, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has decided to embark on a holistic transformation path that will lead to sustainable university operations in the medium to long term.
The objectives are summarized in the figure above and divided into three successive process phases (short-term - medium-term - long-term). In the current first phase, the sub-goals of establishing an innovation network, increasing system understanding and process transparency, and identifying transformation paths in university operations are being pursued. The second phase, which develops in parallel, is used to develop a sustainability strategy and to initiate and implement initial measures to support the transformation process. In the third and final phase, the university will adhere to the sustainability principles of ecological viability, social justice and economic efficiency and further develop and disseminate the implementation of these principles in university operations.
Sustainability Strategy
We are currently developing a sustainability strategy for Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in a participatory process to create a common understanding of sustainability and to further develop our university in a targeted manner by selecting effective measures. To this end, we apply the ‘Whole Institution Approach’ model by dividing the strategic goals and measures into 5 main areas: Governance, Campus, Teaching, Research and Transfer.