Sustainability Governance at Universities: Using a Governance Equalizer as a Research Heuristic

Bauer, Mara; Bormann, Inka; Kummer, Benjamin; Niedlich, Sebastian; Rieckmann, Marco

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“…Even though sustainability accounting remains in the early stage in the higher education sector [3], the significance of HEIs for sustainable development is widely recognized by governors, policymakers, and researchers [14][15][16][17][18]. On the one hand, certain countries and regions have implemented policies and established networks to integrate HEIs into the efforts of reaching sustainable development goals [19].…”

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“…Also, sustainability education involves promoting sustainability knowledge to communities through community engagement activities. Moreover, HEIs are also practicing sustainability activities within their campus to reach sustainability goals such as reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and ultimately build "green" or environmentally-friendly campuses [14].…”

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Sustainability Practices of Higher Education Institutions in Hong Kong: A Case Study of a Sustainable Campus Consortium

Xiong¹,

Mok²

2020

Sustainability

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Eight University Grant Committee (UGC)-funded public universities in Hong Kong positively and successfully responded to the global call for sustainability efforts in higher education institutions (HEIs). Various initiatives are transpiring within these eight campuses. The Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium (HKSCC) was co-established by eight UGC-funded universities, which is an excellent example of integrating resources and efforts to achieve sustainable development goals and exert positive social impacts. Through interviews with HKSCC administrators and members and reviewing relevant documents, this study aims to examine the roles and challenges of HKSCC toward Hong Kong HEIs’ sustainability efforts, and present the good practices and achievements of HKSCC. Findings of this study reveal that although HKSCC and each UGC-funded university contribute in reaching the sustainability goals, they should pay considerable attention to the external impact of sustainability practices on communities and society. Moreover, we propose that the sustainable development of public universities in Hong Kong should look beyond the narrowed definition of sustainable development and broaden their roles to exert a social impact by addressing the negative consequences of the massification, privatization, and internationalization of higher education.

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Section: Sustainability Accounting In Higher Education Institutionsmentioning

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Sustainability Practices of Higher Education Institutions in Hong Kong: A Case Study of a Sustainable Campus Consortium

Xiong¹,

Mok²

2020

Sustainability

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“…Environmental sustainability has been a dominant issue in institutions of higher education (HEI), but recently a visible shift towards social, economic, and institutional domains e.g., quality in teaching, curriculum, research and development, internal operations, and outreach to community has emerged [28,29]. The organizational changes in HEIs is deemed unavoidable as such issues as outreach, community services, governance, and internationalization have defining roles that are reshaping universities' organizational dynamics [6,30] .…”

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“…The approach proposed herein incorporates the three aspects of sustainability that form the so-called Triple Bottom Line (TBL).Sustainability 2019, 11, 5242 2 of 21 efforts have documented the positive impact of higher education on socioeconomic development (SD) [2][3][4][5]. Universities play critical roles in promoting awareness, creating and developing skills, and producing SD knowledge; however, sustainability of universities themselves has been heretofore inadequately addressed, especially within the domains of organizational governance and strategic perspectives [6,7].In contrary to other business and service sectors, higher education tends to the needs of diverse stakeholder groups. Among these stakeholder groups are students, parents, employers, governments, and society [8].…”

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“…Sustainability 2019, 11, 5242 2 of 21 efforts have documented the positive impact of higher education on socioeconomic development (SD) [2][3][4][5]. Universities play critical roles in promoting awareness, creating and developing skills, and producing SD knowledge; however, sustainability of universities themselves has been heretofore inadequately addressed, especially within the domains of organizational governance and strategic perspectives [6,7].…”

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Imperatives of Sustainable University Excellence: A Conceptual Framework

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This study envisions the architecture of a modern era university with sustainable standards of excellence. Sustainable University Excellence is herein defined as the ability of a university to excel in the core areas of knowledge creation and dissemination via the mobilization of human, social, intellectual, and financial capital to serve on socioeconomic and environmental fronts ethically, efficiently, and effectively to secure a sustainable future. Seven core performance domains of a university are explored: Teaching quality, research culture, technological capability building, accessibility, community engagement, internationalization, and environment, which should be prioritize in order to continuously advance along a sustainable excellence continuum. This study provides a self-assessment methodology that universities can employ to compare their performance relative to the aforementioned domains, thus enabling the identification of performance gaps, the knowledge of which is crucial to the formulation of more targeted strategy. This approach allows decision makers to form a more coherent vision for sustainability within institutional and broader contexts. The approach proposed herein incorporates the three aspects of sustainability that form the so-called Triple Bottom Line (TBL).

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Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Hemmer

Lindau

2021

World Sustainability Series

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Sustainability Governance at Universities: Using a Governance Equalizer as a Research Heuristic

Cited by 45 publications

References 29 publications

Sustainability Practices of Higher Education Institutions in Hong Kong: A Case Study of a Sustainable Campus Consortium

Sustainability Practices of Higher Education Institutions in Hong Kong: A Case Study of a Sustainable Campus Consortium

Imperatives of Sustainable University Excellence: A Conceptual Framework

Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

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