Definition
A sustainable university accreditation is a process of evaluating programs, research, and operations of a university to establish whether sustainability goals and standards are met. It evaluates a university’s performance and commitment to sustainability and translates that evaluation into a general assessment that allows for comparison across similar higher education institutions. On the other, sustainable university certification means verifying that university buildings, services, processes and products fulfill all the specified requirements of relevant sustainability standards, technical regulations, or other guidelines.
Introduction
Globally, there is a growing attention to the urgent need for sustainable development (SD), which seeks to strike a balance between humanity’s pursuit for socioeconomic and technological development on the one hand and environmental protection and promotion of social equity on the other hand. SD is a process of societal transformation...
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Abubakar, I.R. (2019). Sustainable University Accreditation and Certification. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_232
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