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UCL Sustainability Bond

UCL is pleased to launch our sustainability bond; helping us to deliver on the sector leading commitments that we have laid out in our Sustainability Strategy. Find out more about the bond and our ambitious plans to make UCL an exemplar sustainable university.

Sustainability Finance Framework

UCL has developed a Sustainability Finance Framework providing the flexibility to issue Green, Social or Sustainability bonds or loans (“Sustainable Financial Instruments”), to support our environmental and social objectives.

The Sustainability Finance Framework (the “Framework”) aligns UCL’s strategic and sustainability priorities with its funding and financial strategy. UCL has selected a number of key investment and expenditure areas which are fundamental to our sustainability strategy and deliver tangible environmental and societal impacts. UCL looks to attract investors who are supportive of these goals, in accordance with its own education ethos. Stakeholders are valuable partners in supporting UCL’s journey and contribution to a more equitable and sustainable society.

Sustainability Bond Impact Reports

DNV, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis, has provided a second-party opinion on UCL’s framework.

UCL Sustainability Strategy 

Our Sustainability Strategy launched in 2019 sets out a bold vision for sustainability at UCL and is arguably one of the most ambitious across the UK HE sector. It seeks to draw on the talent, knowledge and experience within our community to deliver sustainable outcomes. We are taking lessons from our research to inform the sustainable operation of a global university, while using our operations as a test-bed for research and teaching, inspiring a new generation of sustainable citizens.

Photo of the UCL Portico taken through the branches of a blossom tree

Positive Climate

UCL will use its climate change expertise and research to reduce carbon emissions, demonstrating how it is not only possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, but that this offers a more equitable, healthier and happier future. 

The Loop

UCL will tackle unsustainable consumption by reducing waste and specifying the best products for people and planet.

Wild Bloomsbury

UCL will introduce nature-based solutions to Bloomsbury to improve our local environments and connections to our community.

UCL Inspires Action

UCL inspires sustainability action on an international scale through our education, research and engagement. Every student has the opportunity to study and to be involved in sustainability through the UCL education programme.

UCL is run Sustainably

UCL embeds the value of sustainability through the way we operate and demonstrates what a sustainable university looks like. Sustainability is fully integrated into our planning, processes and delivery and we are focused on making the UCL campus a showcase of how a city-centre global institution can operate.

UCL Shapes the Debate

We are making the most of our research agenda which is rooted in positive social change, environmental protection and social equality. We increase the impact of our research by sharing best practises and connecting researchers with industry and community partners globally.