Commitment to sustainability and global stewardship recognised

Cardiff University has been ranked as one of the top institutions in the world for its commitment, across its activities, to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The 17 SDGs are a shared blueprint adopted by member states in 2015 to tackle key global challenges including environmental degradation and climate change, gender and economic inequalities and poverty and ill health.

The 2023 THE Impact Rankings table ranks Cardiff 52^nd out of 1591 institutions worldwide – a significant increase on its 2022 ranking when Cardiff was placed in the 101-200band out of 1410 institutions.

This year, Cardiff has four SDGs in the top 50:

SDG14: Life Below Water – 6^th and the first top-ten ranking for the University

SDG15: Life on Land – 11^th

SDG12: Responsible Consumption and Production – 24^th

SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing – 31^st

Professor Damian Walford Davies, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, who leads on the University’s sustainability work said: “Our research, teaching and day-to-day activities are improving lives and environments on our doorstep and around the world.

“To be recognised for our actions to secure a healthy, resilient and more equal society that acts as a responsible steward of our planet is rewarding.

“It means that students, partners and others in our community and internationally can be sure of our commitment to global sustainability.”

The full THE Impact Rankings 2023 can be found here.