Sustainability at Keele
Keele University cares about the world and our place in it.
Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at Keele, tackling the world’s biggest problems through our research, and educating tomorrow’s leaders to shape a brighter future.
Award Winning
Keele University Events and Conferencing is proudly recognised for sustainability, holding Green Meetings Gold Accreditation, ECOsmart Platinum certification, and the 3-Star Food Made Good Standard for environmentally responsible events and catering.
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Food, catering and waste
We are passionate about local, sustainable, and seasonal food that is healthy for our customers and the planet.
Certified by the Soil Association Food for Life, we promote sustainability through initiatives like ‘Drink, Rinse, Repeat’ and expanded vegan, vegetarian, and allergen-free options.
We have launched our Green Delegate Packages with the ability to calculate the carbon used to run your events, offering carbon neutral options and partnering with clients to meet their sustainable goals.
We are segregating over 30 tonnes of food waste annually for recycling via an anaerobic digester to generate green electricity and all our waste cooking oil into biofuel.
Less than 1% of all waste goes to landfill at present with a university policy to recycle, reuse and repurpose.
Our Green Campus
Our 617 acre site has a wealth of biodiversity and resources which make it an excellent place to explore opportunities for sustainability initiatives.
Find out moreSustainability Research
We’ve turned our campus into a 'living laboratory' to test new and emerging smart energy technologies.
Find out moreLow Carbon Energy Generation Park
The Low Carbon Energy Generation Park features two wind turbines, 12,500 solar panels, and a large battery, generating up to 50% of the University’s electricity from renewable sources and saving about 1,500 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
Find out moreRead more in our Sustainability in Food Code of Practice
Find out moreHow are we doing?
Water efficiency strategy
Minimising water consumption.
50% of our electricity
from campus renewables.
A living laboratory
Our campus has all the elements of a small town, acting as a ‘living laboratory’ for groundbreaking projects.
Electric vehicles
Embedding sustainability into all our campus operations.
Education for Sustainability
Over 96% of our courses embed sustainbility.
Platinum hedgehog award
Hedgehog Friendly Campus accreditation.
Grow your own
Campus allotments have been developed in the Walled Garden on campus.
Sustainability bungalow
An ‘exemplar’ of sustainable student living.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The UN SDGs drive our work on sustainability. They are embedded into our teaching, research, and campus operations.
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