News & Reports
Stay informed about SFU’s progress towards its sustainability and climate action targets, and our current activities.
SFU's 2022-2025 Strategic Sustainability and Climate Action Plan
The plan consists of six goals and 18 actions to guide the institution until 2025, mobilizing the entire institution to embed climate action throughout its operations, research, academics and community engagement.
SFU Greenhouse Gas Inventory
SFU has been reporting on our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions footprint since 2010. SFU's GHG Inventory includes a full accounting of value-chain emission sources, including scope 3 emissions.
SFU Climate Change Risk Assessment
In 2021, SFU concluded a multi-year assessment and community consultation on climate risks and mitigations. The report has since been validated post-COVID-19 and is in active use by the relaunched SFU Climate Resilience Steering Committee.
2023-2024 Annual Report
The 2023-2024 Annual Sustainability and Climate Action Report card shares highlights from each portfolio at SFU, curated by the ESCA Portfolio Leads, Faculty Communicators, and the SFU Sustainability and Climate Office. The report card detail progress made on each of our six sustainability goals.
Climate Change Accountability Reports
As part of B.C.'s carbon neutral public sector, SFU is required to submit a Climate Change Accountability Report to the B.C. Climate Action Secretariat (Ministry of Environment) and the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education. These reports summarize SFU's annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the government-mandated reporting areas.
SFU's 2022-2025 Strategic Sustainability and Climate Action Plan
The plan consists of six goals and 18 actions to guide the institution until 2025, mobilizing the entire institution to embed climate action throughout its operations, research, academics and community engagement.
SFU 2020-2025 Sustainability Plan
After an extensive, multi-year consultation process, the original co-designed SFU 2020-2025 Sustainability Plan was approved by the SFU Board of Governors and Executive Team in 2020. This Plan guided SFU until September 2022, when the refreshed SFU's 2022-2025 Strategic Sustainability and Climate Action Plan was published.
2020 ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
A compact snapshot of sustainability achievements at SFU, the 2020 report focuses primarily on the implementation of the original SFU 2020-2025 Sustainability Plan. Future reports will include related initiatives, such as the Climate Resilience Planning and Implementation process, and SFU's work on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
2022-2023 Annual Report
The 2022-23 Annual Report includes selected highlights from each portfolio at SFU, curated by the ESCAA CoP and coordinated by the central SFU Sustainability team.
2020-2022 Annual Sustainability Report
A compact snapshot of sustainability achievements at SFU, the report focuses primarily on progress and highlights from learning and teaching, research, people equity and inclusion, external and community engagement and operations.
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Vancouver faces barriers to green infrastructure implementation - SFU study
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SFU food leaders share sustainability strides at UN Food Systems Summit
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SFU Continuing Studies launches new Climate Action Certificate program
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Simon Fraser University-led biobank aims to save west coast kelp forests
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Into the green - SFU exceeds greenhouse gas reduction targets
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New SFU-based centre to make B.C. a global ‘frontrunner’ in agritech