Affiliate Sector Sustainability Commitments

Goals:

• Transform the science of AI for better decision-making in agriculture and forestry. Co-create solutions to accelerate adoption of regenerative and resilient practices, while improving productivity, profitability and land stewardship.

Goals:

• Reduce Auburn Core Campus’ greenhouse gas emissions 100% from 2008 levels by 2050.
• Auburn University will achieve a:
  • 10% reduction from a 2008 baseline in electricity emissions;
  • 40% reduction from a 2008 baseline in funded travel emissions;
  • 15% cap in growth from a 2008 baseline in on-campus stationary combustion emissions;
  • 30% reduction from a 2008 baseline in other campus emissions;
  • 10% cap in growth from a 2014 baseline in commuting emissions; and
  • 0% change from a 2014 baseline in campus fleet emissions.
• Collectively, these efforts mean Auburn University will reduce total emissions by 20% by 2024 from a 2008 baseline.

Goals:

• Develop and maintain standards that enhance commerce, ensure public safety, and protect natural resources. These standards are foundational to improving the sustainability and efficiency of agricultural and biological systems.
• Facilitate the exchange of technical knowledge and foster innovation that supports a circular economy—emphasizing environmental stewardship, resource conservation, and economic viability. ASABE hosts technical committees, annual international meetings, and publications that serve as platforms for collaboration across the public and private sectors.
• Through global partnerships and technical outreach, support the development of appropriate technologies to improve food security, water access, and sustainable resource management—particularly in underserved or developing regions.

Goals:

• Expand conservation solutions in agriculture through quality research, engagement, and training.
• Pursue a three-part research agenda (the "Big Three"): (1) evidence on cost-effective financial/technical assistance for landowner program participation via randomized controlled trials; (2) research on conservation-practice persistence after funding ends; and (3) evaluation of whether input-efficient agricultural technologies actually reduce input use and improve profitability.

Progress:

• WiCCED Salt: a $7M National Science Foundation grant for saltwater intrusion/coastal agriculture behavioral-economic research, running through 2028.
• Ecosystem Services Evaluation: a $1.5M U.S. Army Corps of Engineers grant developing water-resource project valuation tools, running through 2027.
• Technical Assistance Enhancement: a $500K Walton Family Foundation grant embedding behavioral scientists with USDA NRCS, running through 2028.
• Co-heads a USDA research center for agri-environmental policy in partnership with Georgia State University.

Goals:

• CDA remains committed to supporting voluntary, incentive-based stewardship practices led by farmers and ranchers that improve soil health, advance water conservation, and help mitigate climate change.
• Enhance agricultural resilience, productivity and economic opportunity through increased participation in CDA’s voluntary conservation programs, reducing CO2 emissions by an additional 5,000 tons per year.

Progress:

• The Colorado Soil Health Program has shifted its strategic framing from expansion-driven to "service-driven" operations, emphasizing education and technical assistance over enrollment volume, following the termination of its primary federal (USDA) grant in April 2025.
• Per the Final 2025 Soil Health Program Report submitted to the Colorado legislature: 400+ producers enrolled statewide, 60,000+ acres influenced, and 1,200+ producers engaged through outreach.
• Funding distributed 2022-2026 included $1,580,527 in producer incentives, $940,510 in partner capacity support, and $1,342,822 in research, with $3,854,851 in total external grant funding in 2025.
• CSHP is leading in-field Learning Labs for Colorado producers, as well as hosting Soil Health Hotline and Office Hours to provide technical assistance to farmers and ranchers. 

Goals:

• As part of the Better Climate Challenge program, achieve a 50% reduction in scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 2030, compared to the 2020 baseline.
• Reach carbon neutrality by 2040.
• Utilize 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
• Implement cutting edge sustainability into the building design, daily operations and educational programs at CSU Spur campus in Denver. 

Progress:

• As part of the Better Climate Challenge program, Colorado State University has achieved 13% GHG emissions savings from the 2020 base year.
• The annual GHG inventory reflects a 31% emissions reduction between FY10 and FY21, however results were impacted by the pandemic resulting in significantly lower emissions in the category of air travel and commuting.
• Colorado State University has earned a top-four ranking in the 2024 Sustainable Campus Index calculated by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. CSU has been in that top echelon of doctoral institutions for all 10 years of AASHE’s rankings.
• Spur Campus
  • The Vida and Terra buildings have earned LEED Gold certification, and the Hydro building holds LEED Platinum certification.
  • The campus connects to the National Western Center's central utility system, which recovers heat from wastewater to supply 90% of heating and cooling. 
  • Facilities feature graywater reuse systems, vegetated green roofs, and solar panel arrays that cut energy use significantly below standard codes. 
  • CSU Spur Climate Hub: Housed within the School of Global Environmental Sustainability, it brings together cross-sector partners to accelerate climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. 
  • Public Education: The free, year-round public facility highlights urban forestry, agrivoltaics, and sustainable food systems through interactive exhibits and hands-on learning. 

Goals:

• Achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
• Annual reduction in absolute emissions expressed as a percent of 2019 emissions, with the following targets:
  • 2025 target: 15%;
  • 2030 target: 42%;
  • 2035 target: 63%; and
  • 2050 target: net-zero.
• Campus-specific 2030 goals for absolute GHG reduction include:
  • 66% reduction from 2006 base year by 2030 at Morningside+;
  • 66% reduction from 2012 base year by 2030 at CUIM; and
  • 72% reduction from 2016 base year by 2030 at LDEO.
• Decarbonize on-campus fleet vehicles by 2037 or sooner, reduce commuter emissions, and minimize business travel.
• Electrification and 100% renewable energy.

Progress:

• Morningside+ campuses, CUIMC and LDEO all exceeded their 2020 goal to reduce absolute GHG emissions, with the following achievements:
  • MS+ achieved 41% reduction;
  • CUIMC achieved 41% reduction; and
  • LDEO achieved 52% reduction.
• 100% transition from diesel to electric university shuttle buses.

Goals:

• Achieve campus carbon neutrality by 2035.
• Innovate technology, financial instruments and policy to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations and mitigate the impact of droughts, floods, storms and wildfires while adapting agriculture and the built environment for a low-carbon future.

Progress:

• Achieved a 34% net emissions reduction from the 2008 baseline for the Ithaca campus.

Goals:

• Reduce campus emissions 60% by 2030 and reach 100% emissions reduction by 2050, backed by a $500M+ investment in campus energy infrastructure (steam-to-hot-water heating conversion, geo-exchange borefields, heat pumps), coordinated via the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative advisory council.

Progress:

• The 2024 climate commitment reset a prior decarbonization effort that had fallen short of earlier targets. A $30 million decarbonization project phase was announced in 2025, and implementation of the new campus energy infrastructure plan is underway.

Goals:

• Protect, conserve and restore the natural resources of Dubuque County for present and future generations by actively seeking resources and partnerships to promote Soil Conservation and improve Water Quality.

Progress:

• A drone cover-crop seeding pilot with the Sand County Foundation planted 8,500 acres during the Aug-Oct 2025 seeding window despite a record-dry autumn.
• Received an NRCS Watershed Flood Prevention Operations grant to plan flood-mitigation solutions for northern Dubuque County.
• Continued E. coli and water-quality community monitoring via the Clean Water Hub in partnership with the Iowa DNR.
• Hosted a "Women & Soil" event (~120 attendees) and the second annual Farmer to Farmer Conference (70+ participants) in 2025.

Goals:

• Reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from our direct operations by 55% by 2030, from a 2017 baseline.
  SBTi Near-Term Target Set: 1.5°C
• Reduce our relevant Scope 3 emissions by 20% by 2030, from a 2017 baseline.
  SBTi Near-Term Target Set
• Become carbon neutral as a business and across our products by 2025.
• Become zero waste and net zero carbon by 2030 or earlier.

Progress:

• Informa is a certified CarbonNeutral® Company, in line with The CarbonNeutral Protocol.
• 96% of Informa offices are powered by renewable electricity.
• 100% of our business travel is carbon offset.
• We have reduced our Scope 1 and 2 by nearly 80% since 2017.
• Scope 3 emissions down 12% per m² since 2019 (against the 20%-by-2030 target); per Informa’s 2025 Sustainability Report, 2025 totals were 2,325 tCO2e for Scope 1 & 2, 453,520 tCO2e for Scope 3, and 466,362 tCO2e group-wide.
• Also CarbonNeutral® certified for Taylor & Francis physical books/journals (since 2021), holds an ‘A’ CDP rating, and is in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index for an 8th consecutive year.

Goals:

• Achieve Carbon Neutrality in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2040.

Progress:

• IU Bloomington has achieved a 44% GHG reduction from its 2010 baseline.
• IU Indianapolis and IU East each show 15% reductions from a 2020 baseline.
• IU Northwest is down 4% and IU Southeast down 1% (both from a 2020 baseline).
• IU Kokomo and IU South Bend show small increases attributed to expanded facility inventories.

Goals:

• Achieve a coal-free campus and continue migrating toward carbon neutrality, sourcing an increasing share of campus electricity from renewable sources.

Progress:

• Achieved a coal-free campus in 2023. Currently sources 10% of electricity from a wind farm contract and 37.5% from the City of Ames solar farm, with remaining grid purchases backed by renewable energy credits.
• A $42 million power plant conversion (completed 2016) shifted the fuel mix to 60% natural gas/40% coal, cutting total emissions 80% and CO2 emissions 20%; GHG emissions are tracked annually via a public Energy Dashboard.

Goals:

• Partner with food and agriculture industry leaders to create sustainable outcomes for companies, communities and the climate.
• Promote sustainable food supply chains through education and collaboration by tracking, analyzing and reporting on natural resource management.
• Develop, launch and manage impactful tools, strategies, certifications and programs for industry leaders to achieve sustainability goals.
• Apply organizational expertise on pesticide risks in community greenspaces to benefit people and pollinators.
• Exemplify organizational sustainability through office decentralization and promoting health, balance and happiness among our staff.

Goals:

• Reduce Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of university facilities from the FY08 baseline by: 45% by FY30, 50% by FY40, and 60% by FY50.
• Reduce the total annual energy consumption of each college-level unit by at least 20% from an FY15 baseline by FY35.
• Use clean energy sources for 15% of total campus energy demand by FY30.
• Use at least 140,000 MWh/year of clean power.
• Use at least 150,000 MMBTU/year of clean thermal energy by FY30.
• Use cover crops in at least 20% of South Farms acreage.
• Monitor soil health by collecting soil analyses for all South Farms land parcels.

Goals:

• Work toward a more sustainable future in water, air, energy, soil, climate change, biodiversity and community resilience. This focus area includes considerations of water and resource management practices, the natural and environmental factors that impact resource usage, our health, environment and society; the conservation and restoration of biodiversity; and economic policies and cultural practices and their impacts on human ecology.

Goals:

• Embed sustainability into institutional culture and move toward carbon neutrality by 2050, balancing fiscal, environmental and social considerations.
• Interim target: reduce GHG emissions 50% by 2030 from a 2010 baseline.

Progress:

• MSU joined the Consumers Energy renewable energy program (announced 2024), expected to help eliminate approximately 293,000 metric tons of CO2.

Goals:

• Help farmers implement practices that protect water, soil and wildlife, while reducing emissions.
• Assist farms in completing a certification program that helps them achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions.
• Support and expand climate action on farms through the Climate Smart Farm endorsement, a voluntary whole-farm assessment that identifies existing beneficial climate practices and management while developing opportunities for additional actions, including $1,000 payments for the endorsement.
• Support and promote regenerative agriculture practices with technical assistance through the Soil Health endorsement and the Minnesota Soil Health Equipment Grant Program.
• Support climate-smart farming practices by investing $20 million of federal funding over four years in Minnesota's Agricultural Water Quality Certification and Soil Health Financial Assistance program through the Minnesota Climate Smart Food Systems initiative.

Progress:

• Over 1,900 producers and over 1.3 million acres certified.
• Certified farms are responsible for preventing 1.2 million pounds of nitrogen, 79,000 pounds of phosphorous, and 61,000 tons of sediment from entering Minnesota's waters annually.
• Priority ranking points for certified farms (or those seeking certification) on the Minnesota Soil Health Financial Assistance Program; over four years, this grant enabled regenerative agricultural practices and greenhouse gas reductions on more than 520,000 acres.
• Over 240 climate smart endorsements and over 170 soil health endorsements awarded.
• Cumulative new practice adoption reduces carbon emissions by more than 51,000 CO2e annually.

Goals:

• Support voluntary, incentive-based climate-smart agricultural programs. These are programs designed to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes; help farmers and ranchers build resiliency and climate mitigation and adaptation; and reduce and/or remove greenhouse gas emissions, where possible.

Goals:

• For 90 years, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has helped farmers, ranchers and private landowners make critical investments in their operations and local communities to keep working lands working and boost agricultural production, while at the same time improving the quality of our air, water, soil, and wildlife habitats.   
• NRCS is committed to putting farmers first.  We serve as their trusted, boots-on-the-ground conservation partner, delivering practical, voluntary, and locally led solutions that help producers conserve natural resources, protect and preserve agricultural land, and strengthen American agriculture for the future. For more information visit www.nrcs.usda.gov.

Goals:

• Reduce NC State’s total greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from the 2008 baseline.
• Reduce existing building annual energy use per square foot by 40% from the 2002 baseline.
• Expand the amount of renewable energy used to meet NC State’s needs.
• Exemplify a sustainable food system from origin to plate by adding capacity to grow food on campus land for campus dining facilities.
• Reduce campus water consumption by 65 percent from the 2001 baseline.

Progress:

• Fiscal year 2024 total emissions are 12% lower than 2008, including a 27% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
• In fiscal year 2025, the university reported a 30% energy use intensity reduction (from an FY2003 baseline) and a 55% potable water use reduction (from an FY2002 baseline) despite a 57% increase in campus square footage over the same time period. (Source)
• The university’s newest engineering building features a 154 kW PV system. The campus energy system also includes a battery, thermal energy storage, and cogeneration at two central utility plants.
• NC State’s Agroecology Education Farm harvested 9,800+ pounds of produce in 2025 with much of it utilized at campus dining halls.
• NC State is a certified Bee Campus USA and Tree Campus USA.

Goals:

• OpenTEAM, a global community-led collaborative facilitated led by Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, equips food systems leaders with shared frameworks, open-source tools and connected digital infrastructure, and access to shared agricultural knowledge to build climate change resilience and thriving communities.
• Develop partnerships, technical infrastructure, and sustained funding to support climate-smart markets starting now and continuing into the future through our Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Project.

Goals:

• Achieve 100% Greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2035.
• Foster community work through the Sustainable Communities Collaborative, which connects Penn State faculty, students, and staff with local communities to address sustainability challenges.
• Through the Local Climate Action Program, partner upper-level Penn State students with Pennsylvania’s local governments to determine a community’s contribution to climate change and help that government develop plans to draw down carbon emissions and adapt to a changing climate.
• Celebrate students demonstrating significant commitment to environmental and social sustainability through the John Roe Sustainability Impact Awards.

Progress:

• Progress on the University’s sustainability performance can be viewed on their website and includes an achievement of a 50% greenhouse gas emission reduction.

Goals:

• Reduce Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 50% by FY25, with FY11 as the baseline year. This will be done through a combination of production/distribution efforts, demand reduction strategies and behavior changes.
• Cap total energy consumption at FY11 levels in order to show no net gain in total energy consumption despite an increase in total campus gross square feet.
• Pursue 500 kilowatts of renewable energy capacity on campus.
• Three ongoing strategic priorities were reaffirmed: "Advance toward a low carbon future," "Consume responsibly and minimize waste," and "Cultivate a thriving built and natural environment," alongside continued interest in carbon-free nuclear energy.

Progress:

• Board of Trustees update (Dec 12, 2025): 55% reduction in emissions per capita since 2011 — already exceeding the stated 50% goal on a per-capita basis.
• 39% decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions despite a 39% increase in enrollment since 2011.
• 45% reduction in direct energy emissions per capita over the last three years.
• 10 miles of new bike infrastructure, 4,000 trees planted, and 2.5+ billion gallons of water conserved since 2011.

Goals:

• We recognize and commit ourselves to providing products and services ethically and legally by treating our employees, our communities, and the environment with respect. We adhere to this commitment by:
  • Promoting and instituting sustainable, responsible, and inclusive practices.
  • Minimizing our environmental and social impacts.
  • Engaging with stakeholders on a regular basis to incorporate their sustainability priorities, as applicable.
  • Sharing our sustainability commitment with our employees, our suppliers, and our customers.

Goals:

• Provide the soil science knowledge and tactics needed for agriculture to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
• Provide the scientific leadership for understanding, managing, and measuring soil health systems contributing to regenerative land management in agriculture and other ecosystems.

Progress:

• Evaluated more than 30 soil health indicators at 124 long-term research sites across North America and recommended three cost-effective, widely available measurements for scaling soil health assessment.
  • Drawing on this research, USDA-NRCS now provides financial assistance to landowners in all 50 states to measure soil health using SHI’s essential indicators.
• Established soil health benchmarks on more than 19 million acres across North America, showing growers how healthy their soils can become.
• Discovered that approximately twice as much water can be stored in soils by increasing carbon than previously reported – a discovery that became integrated into COMET-FARM, the USDA’s carbon and greenhouse gas accounting system.
• Launched Slakes, a free phone application to measure aggregate stability, one of SHI’s recommended soil health indicators. The app, which has nearly 6,000 downloads, gives growers equitable access to information they need to improve their soil without a laboratory.

Goals:

• Support Solutions from the Land state work groups and our UNFCCC collaborating partners in adopting climate-smart agriculture strategies and action plans to improve the resilience of agricultural and forestry landscapes and deliver multiple goods and ecosystem services. We will work to achieve this goal through three complementary strategies: 1) sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and livelihoods (i.e. sustainable intensification); 2) enhancing adaptive capacity and improving resilience; and 3) delivering ecosystem services, sequestering carbon, and reducing and/or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.

Progress:

• Promoted farmer-centered principles and recommendations as part of submissions in response to three United Nations requests for input.

Goals:

• Transform the verification industry to ensure that every climate claim is real, rigorous and verifiable.
• Focused on "accelerating impact," and recognizes the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard v2 and the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework as reference standards it aligns to.

Progress:

• Barry Callebaut issued its 1-millionth Impact Unit via SustainCERT’s Scope 3 platform in 2025.
• 57% of carbon credits retired in H1 2025 were rated BB or higher (up from 52% in 2024), per SustainCERT market tracking.

Goals:

• Create outcomes that improve the whole food system by fostering mutually productive partnerships and strategies across the supply chain.
• Design strategies and tools and implement projects that increase the adoption of regenerative agriculture in large-scale systems and provide a decent living and sustainable future for smallholder farmers.

Goals:

• Our goal is to help the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in the emissions that come from producing fibers and raw materials by 2030, while keeping our focus holistic and interconnected. This goal was developed to be in line with the Paris Agreement and toward keeping global warming to a 1.5°C pathway. (For more information regarding industry progress against our goal please refer to our Climate+ Dashboard.)
• Our organizational strategy, Climate+, recognizes that while greenhouse gas impact reduction is an important area of focus, we must also recognize and address other interdependent impact areas such as biodiversity, soil health, and freshwater, along with animal welfare and human rights and livelihoods.

Goals:

"All products sustainable." The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) is a global organization, established in 2009, that transforms the consumer goods industry through sustainability science and collaboration to deliver more sustainable products. TSC is housed within Arizona State University and actively supports achieving net zero and net positive emissions targets. Committed to managing its operational impact and achieving its mission of "all products sustainable," TSC supports members in reaching their climate, regenerative, and biodiversity goals.

Progress:

• TSC has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 91% over the last 11 years by reducing travel and events, reducing commutes and office space, and other energy savings.
• ASU achieved carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2019, beating its 2025 target, and has achieved a 69% reduction in Scope 3 emissions with a goal to achieve carbon neutrality in 2035.
• TSC supports retailers and consumer goods companies in meeting their climate, regenerative agriculture, and biodiversity commitments through newly launched programs in 2026 — Ask TSC, TSC Connects, Peer Learning Circles, and its Retailer and Brands Working Groups.
• TSC's free, online platform CommodityMap supports retailers, consumers, and policymakers in identifying environmental and social priorities in commodity-producing regions to understand and reduce resource impacts.
• TSC partners in USDA's Advancing Markets for Producers project Farmers for Soil Health, linking consumer goods companies with farmers implementing conservation practices for credible claims on the resulting environmental benefits.

Goals:

• Revolutionize how farmers impact the future of agriculture, helping them enrich soils, protect waters, clear skies and nurture habitats while also managing profitable operations that secure the future of family farms across the U.S.
• Using leading innovations and technical support, our programs empower farmers and ranchers to understand, value and feel capable of taking the next step toward building resiliency through conservation agriculture.
• We use data to connect the industry with farmers and ranchers on their unique journey. This intelligence reaches beyond the early adopters to the wide array of producers required to scale programs and make every dollar spent on conservation agriculture have more impact.

Goals:

The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is the voluntary sustainability program for U.S. cotton growers and traceability platform for all U.S. cotton. The program is aligned with the National Goals for Continuous Improvement, which are currently being developed through 2030.

Progress:

According to the 2024/25 Annual Report, five years of aggregated field-level data show Protocol growers met or exceeded five of the six 2025 National Goals for Continuous Improvement against a 2015 baseline.

• Land Use Efficiency: 15% improvement; 2025 goal reached a year early.
• Water Use Efficiency: 87% improvement despite drought conditions — producing the same amount of cotton with 47% less water from irrigation.
• Energy Use: 28% reduction.
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 25% reduction.
• Soil Loss: 89% reduction; well below USDA thresholds.
• Soil Health: Soil carbon loss reversed, with growers now actively building healthier soils that sequester carbon.
• Yield Impact: Protocol growers produce 20% more cotton per acre than the U.S. average.

The 2024/25 Annual Report also highlighted the increasing adoption of regenerative agriculture principles by Protocol growers, leading to tangible positive outcomes.

• No-Till/Conservation Tillage: 57% of acres are under no-till or conservation tillage, reducing erosion, improving water infiltration, and lowering fuel use.
• Cover Crops: 63% of growers plant cover crops, resulting in a 300% higher Soil Conditioning Index and nearly half the erosion compared to bare-soil fields.
• Crop Rotation: 77% of growers use crop rotation to enhance soil health and disrupt pest cycles.
• Nutrient Management: 84% of growers follow 4R nutrient management principles, improving water quality and nutrient-use efficiency.
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM): 87% of growers implement IPM strategies to reduce crop protection product use.
• Biodiversity: Over 63% of growers achieve habitat scores above national benchmarks, integrating pollinator strips, corridors, wetlands, and native plantings.

Goals:

• Advance environmentally responsible campus operations under a Climate Action Plan built on five priorities: operations, materials, transportation, grounds, and education.

Progress:

• Recognized for 12 consecutive years as a Tree Campus Higher Education institution by the Arbor Day Foundation.

Goals:

• Become net carbon neutral by 2040. Long term solutions for reaching carbon neutrality by 2040 depend on energy conservation, renewable energy generation and carbon sequestration.
• Have a diversion rate of 90% by 2040.

Goals:

• Reduce campus-wide energy consumption.
• Promoting clean energy and carbon footprint reduction.
• University engagement centered on land conservation and stormwater management.

Progress:

• Over the last 17 years, UF has achieved a 14.4% reduction per gross square footage in campus energy consumption while adding 23% gross square footage and increasing student enrollment by 19%.
• UF has partnered with their electric provider, and 80% of our primary campus electric consumption is green power. 
• UF’s Office of Sustainability was closed on August 4, 2025 (after approximately 20 years) and folded into UF Facilities Services.

Goals:

• By 2020, reduce energy use intensity by 35% from 2010 baseline.
• By 2020, UGA commits to purchasing 10 percent of energy from renewable sources, generating 10 percent consumed energy through on-site using renewable sources, and evaluating on-site renewable energy opportunities for all capital projects.
• By 2020, achieve a 20% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions.
• By 2040, reduce energy use intensity by 50% from 2010 baseline.
• By 2040, achieve a 40% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions.
• By 2060, reduce energy use intensity by 70% from 2010 baseline.
• By 2060, supply 25% of overall electricity use with on-site renewable energy generation and purchase at least 20% of remaining electricity demand from renewable sources.

Progress:

• The 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target was met in 2019.
• UGA reduced its energy use intensity per square foot by 22% between 2007 and 2020 through investments in the campus energy infrastructure, energy efficiency upgrades in campus buildings, and energy efficient design in new construction and renovations.

Goals:

• Establish the policy, governance, and administrative infrastructure that results in a highly-efficient campus with net-zero CO2 emissions and net zero energy readiness by 2050.
• More specific interim milestones: carbon-neutral electricity sources by 2025; a 25% reduction in distributed GHG emissions from a 2018 baseline; a 10% reduction in building Energy Use Intensity from 2018 levels; and joining the Second Nature Climate Leadership Network.

Goals:

• By FY 30-31, reduce/offset GHG emissions to 40% below FY 07-08 levels.
• By FY 40-41, reduce/offset GHG emissions to 60% below FY 07-08 levels.
• By FY 50-51, reduce/offset GHG emissions to 80% below FY 07-08 levels.
• By FY 60-61, achieve carbon neutrality (zero net GHG emissions).
• Reduce energy consumption to 1992-93 levels by 2030.
• Increase renewable energy procurement to make up at least 20% of total electricity use by 2030.

Goals:

• UW–Madison will facilitate joint action between campus and the community to ensure the alignment of the Resilience Assessment and Climate Action and Adaptation Plan with community goals and submit an annual evaluation of progress to Second Nature.
• UW–Madison will complete a campus-community resilience assessment that includes initial indicators and current vulnerabilities to campus and the community in five key areas: social equity and governance, health and wellness, economic development, ecosystem services, and infrastructure.
• UW–Madison will complete a climate action and adaptation plan that will include a target date by which defined thresholds of resilience will be met, interim target dates for meeting milestones that will lead to increasing resilience, mechanisms and indicators for tracking progress, actions to make resilience topics a greater part of the curriculum at UW–Madison, and actions to expand research in resilience topics.

Progress:

• UW–Madison has reduced Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions by over 40% since 2007.
• UW–Madison has reduced its energy use by 19% since 2007.
• UW–Madison has reduced its water use by over 29% since 2007.