The winners of the 2021 International Green Gown Awards were announced on 7th July 2021 in an online bilingual ceremony hosted by Carina Mutshele, Youth & Education Officer from UNEP Kenya and Gloria Ordóñez Valenzuela from UNEP Environment Latin America and the Caribbean.
The International Green Gown Awards celebrate the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities and colleges across the world and are endorsed by United Nations Environment and supported by The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), L’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) and International Association of Universities (IAU).
Established as the most prestigious recognition of sustainability best practice within the education sector globally, the International Green Gown Awards provide benchmarks for excellence and are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The International Green Gown Awards 2021 Winners' Brochure below contains an overview of all the Winner and Finalist projects including their top project learnings along the way and their top SDG goals.
Congratulations to all of you.
Los ganadores de los Premios Internacionales Green Gown 2021 se anunciaron el 7 de julio de 2021 en una ceremonia bilingüe en línea organizada por Carina Mutshele, Oficial de Juventud y Educación de PNUMA Kenia y Gloria Ordóñez Valenzuela de PNUMA Medio Ambiente América Latina y el Caribe.
Los premios International Green Gown Awards celebran las excepcionales iniciativas de sostenibilidad emprendidas por universidades y colegios de todo el mundo y cuentan con el respaldo de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente y el apoyo de la Asociación de Universidades del Commonwealth (ACU), L'Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Iniciativa de Sostenibilidad de la Educación Superior (HESI) y Asociación Internacional de Universidades (IAU).
Establecidos como el reconocimiento más prestigioso de las mejores prácticas de sostenibilidad dentro del sector de la educación a nivel mundial, los premios International Green Gown proporcionan puntos de referencia para la excelencia y están alineados con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la ONU.
El folleto de ganadores de los International Green Gown Awards 2021 a continuación contiene una descripción general de todos los proyectos ganadores y finalistas, incluidos los principales aprendizajes del proyecto a lo largo del camino y sus principales objetivos de los ODS.
Felicitaciones a todos.
WINNER (small institution): Facens University Center, Brazil
WINNER (large Institution): The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Highly Commended:
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico
WINNER (small institution): Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile
WINNER (large institution): Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland
Highly Commended:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
WINNER (small institution): Covenant University, Nigeria
WINNER (large institution): University of Gloucestershire, UK
Highly Commended:
Hanken School of Economics, Finland
International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
University of St Gallen, Switzerland
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
WINNER: oikos St Gallen, Switzerland
Highly Commended:
The University of Newcastle, Australia
University of Pennsylvania & Yale University, USA
WINNER (small institution): Polytech Montpellier, France
WINNER (large institution): Keele University, UK
Highly Commended:
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Philippines