ULiège's commitment

Aware of its responsibilities and keen to make a significant contribution to building a desirable future, ULiège is committed to supporting the transition to environmentally and socially sustainable trajectories. 

To this end, we have created a roadmap. This evolving tool reflects our concrete commitments. The roadmap clarifies our policies, and identifies and makes visible our current actions. It also specifies the next steps. It is supplemented by a dashboard for internal use, containing indicators for monitoring and steering actions. A sustainable development report gives an account of our progress in terms of sustainability, and presents the key figures derived from the dashboard each year.

The roadmap is structured around five pillars : the first three link our academic missions to the transition, and the last two link our internal organization to the transition:

• Pillar 1 - research committed to social and environmental transition ;
• Pillar 2 - teaching adapted to the challenges of social and environmental transition;
• Pillar 3 - community services connected to the challenges of social and environmental transition;
• Pillar 4 - exemplary campus operations;
• Pillar 5 - governance for social and environmental transition.

Environmental transition

Transition is a necessity for environmental reasons. The risks associated with the transgression of planetary limits are forcing us to make major changes towards lifestyles, production and consumption patterns that emit less carbon, are more respectful of biodiversity and generally less destructive of ecosystems. With this in mind, ULiège conducts cutting-edge research into technical and social innovations that reduce the environmental footprint, and trains its students in these themes. As an organization, ULiège relies on its roadmap to coordinate and support internal policies aimed at achieving this objective of reducing the environmental footprint of university activities, namely:

• real estate policy (reserved access)/infrastructure plan (2020),
• the energy policy (2020),
• mobility policy (2019, currently being updated),
• the environmental policy for international travel (2022),
• the Responsible Digital Plan (coming soon),
• the Sart Tilman green space development plan (1975),
• campus development plan (forthcoming),
• the sustainable purchasing policy (coming soon)
• sustainable investment policy (2024).

In addition, ULiège calculates its carbon footprint every 3 years in order to identify contributing items and take informed action to reduce its carbon footprint.

Social Transition

Transition is a necessity for social reasons. A desirable future means dignified living conditions for all. With this in mind, ULiège conducts cutting-edge research on social issues, trains its students in these themes and is involved in partnerships with society. As an organization, ULiège is particularly concerned to ensure that every member of its community can study and/or work in a dignified and comfortable environment. ULiège is also careful to make management choices that respect its external stakeholders. The roadmap brings together and enhances the many social policies in place at ULiège that aim to guarantee an inclusive and equitable approach, consistent with a transition towards a desirable future: the Position of the Gender and Equality Council ; the Politique d'Éthique et Intégrité Scientifique, the Déclaration de principes " Université Hospitalière " ; the Déclaration d'intention du bien-être or the Politique sur les conflits d'intérêts. The institution is also currently working on an "Ethics and Deontology" charter.