The Sustainability Implementation Group (SIG) organised and hosted an event on Friday 4?July 2025 to update the community and stakeholders on the University of BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载’s Sustainability Strategic Plan.

Goal Champions and Leads:?Prof. AbuBakr Bahaj, Kevin Argent, Sally Crabb, Prof. Simon Kemp, Prof. Phillip Wright, Prof. Mark Smith, Prof. Jane Falkingham, Prof. Mark Spearing, Prof. Deborah Gill, Hayden Matthews, Eychelle Heywood.

The hybrid event featured an opening from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark Smith, followed by presentations from Professor Phillip Wright (Senior Vice President) and Professor AbuBakr Bahaj (SIG Chair). The presentations were followed by a Q&A session, and a workshop about the current status of the targets of the Sustainability Strategy, contained in its six Goals.

Q&A session

The recording of the event and related slides can be found here. You are also encouraged to look at the University’s Sustainability Strategic Plan’s SharePoint for more details including SIG reports, news and how to get involved.

During the event, there was a workshop led by the Goal Champions and Leads, aimed at reviewing the Strategy Goals, their status and to discuss ways forward. During the session, contributions were received from staff and students, with the Goal Champions reporting back on the outcomes of the discussions in a plenary session. These outcomes will feed into the planned sustainability strategic plan refresh.

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj (SIG Chair) presenting

The meeting had strong engagement from our University community, with individuals contributing their insights and enthusiasm towards driving meaningful sustainability actions. Such contributions are highly appreciated, and the SIG team look forward to welcoming more contributions at future sustainability events. Further contributions can be sent at any time to the SIG at sig24@soton.ac.uk