Showcasing our 2024 Winners, Highly Commended and Finalists
The Green Gown Awards UK & Ireland, in association with UKRI, are delighted to present the results of the prestigious Green Gown Awards 2022.
Winners were announced at the Green Gown Awards Ceremony which will took place at Loughborough University on 8 November 2022.
“Congratulations to the winners of the Green Gown Awards whose projects are making valuable contributions to sustainability initiatives across the higher education sector. Together we can make a difference and help research and innovation reach net zero.” Alison Robinson, NERC Deputy Executive Chair and Director of Business Delivery & Insight, part of UKRI
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Finalists at a Glance (list view).
(Previous years' winners can be found on the Sustainability Exchange.)
Winner
Borders College
Our sustainability journey
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Winner
De Montfort University
Campus, City, Community – A holistic approach to carbon management
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Highly Commended
Gloucestershire College
GCZero
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Finalist
Keele University
IT’s Sustainable!: How Keele University are making their IT services more environmentally sustainable and responding to the Climate Emergency
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Finalist
King’s College London
King’s CAN: Co-creating climate action
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Finalist
Plymouth Marjon University
MarjonZero
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University of the West of England, Bristol
Engineering the future
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Winner
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Seeing dementia through their eyes (Living with Dementia)
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Highly Commended
University of Derby
DE-Carbonise
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Highly Commended
University of Plymouth
Addressing systemic barriers to accessing dental care for those experiencing homelessness
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Finalist
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
ReGo
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Finalist
North East Scotland College
Community heat and power partnership
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Winner
De Montfort University
DMU global online learning
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Finalist
The University of Nottingham
The world’s first Micro Prospectus
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Finalist
University of Warwick
Choose your way
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Winner
Fircroft College of Adult Education
Catering function migration – From meat to wheat
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Highly Commended
University of Bristol
Source – Ethical and sustainable food practices at the centre of campus life
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Highly Commended
University of Reading
Giving Food More Thought™
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Finalist
Durham University
The Ugly Fruit Group
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Finalist
The University of Sheffield
State of the art Stainless Steel milk churns
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Finalist
University of Chester
Ready, Reset, Reuse, Go!
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Finalist
University of Worcester
The Worcester Way to a healthy campus
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Winner
University of the West of England, Bristol
Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship
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Highly Commended
Glasgow Caledonian University
A climate justice focus on gender and mental health
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Finalist
University of St Andrews
Enactus - St Andrews Wise Community
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Finalist
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Accessibility and Equality through digital learning
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Winner
University of Cambridge
Banking on a better future: Collaborative climate engagement with the banking sector
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Highly Commended
University of Edinburgh
Supporting local action for a better Edinburgh
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Finalist
Queen’s University Belfast
The Big Loop Bike Hub at Queen’s University Belfast
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Finalist
University College Cork
Investing in a sustainable future
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Winner
Brunel University London
Crossing borders to dismantle the boundary stones
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Winner
Reaseheath College
Collaboration: Field to fork project - schools
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Highly Commended
University of Reading
Climate in the Classroom. Leading transformation of climate education in UK schools and colleges
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Finalist
Manchester Metropolitan University
Carbon Literacy for Universities & Colleges Toolkits
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Finalist
University of Bristol
Sustainability Champions
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Winner
Falmouth University
Following the launch of our Sustainability Policy in 2020, we published our first annual sustainability report later in the same year. This September, we’ll be producing our third.
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Finalist
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
The Education for Sustainability Transformation (EST) Progress Report gathers evidence drawn from activities that have taken, are taking place, or are in preparation across LCF towards education that is based on principles of ecological and social equity.
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Finalist
University of Oxford
In 2021, Oxford University adopted a world-leading Environmental Sustainability Strategy, which committed it to both Net Zero carbon emissions and Net Gain in biodiversity by 2035.
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Winner
University of Aberdeen
Cool Farm Tool - Cropping global emissions from agriculture
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Highly Commended
The University of Nottingham
The Trent Basin Community Energy Scheme
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Highly Commended
University of Aberdeen
The Lighthouse Field Station: Navigating marine species protection in the era of renewable energy
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Finalist
University College Cork
Corca Dhuibhne 2030 - Dingle Peninsula 2030
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Finalist
University of Aberdeen
Making ends meet - Transforming the readymade garment industry with sustainability accounting
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Finalist
University of Aberdeen
Sharing the benefits of the Ocean
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Finalist
University of Plymouth
CobBauge: Constructing a low carbon future
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Finalist
University of the West of England, Bristol
Sustainable building today for a better tomorrow
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Finalist
University of the West of England, Bristol
UMBRELLA AQ: Developing a dense air quality network to improve health, transport and planning policy
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Winner
Jiacheng Sun
University of Edinburgh
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Highly Commended
Joseph Fitzpatrick Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast
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Highly Commended
Rupert Gale
University of the West of England, Bristol
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Winner
University of Strathclyde
Strathclyde’s Climate Education Kick-Off
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Highly Commended
Buckinghamshire New University
Bucks New Usage
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Highly Commended
Edinburgh College Students’ Association
Edinburgh College Students’ Association Go Green
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Finalist
City of Glasgow College
COP26 A Better Tomorrow Competition
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Finalist
Durham University
Greenspace Movement - Together we can make a difference
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Finalist
Falmouth University
Changing the University culture to accelerate sustainability
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Finalist
Lancaster University
ECOWoods: Growing a future
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Finalist
University of Exeter
Green Futures student solutions
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Finalist
University of Greenwich
Innocence Project London
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Finalist
University of Leicester
Earth to Leicester Law School
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Finalist
University of London
Reduce the Juice: Connect
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Winner
Lee Hibbett
The University of Nottingham
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Highly Commended
Dr Verity Jones, Associate Professor
University of the West of England, Bristol
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Highly Commended
Professor Prathivadi Anand
University of Bradford
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Finalist
Caroline Harris
Cranfield University
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Finalist
Chris Macdonald
University of Cambridge
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Winner
Carlos Shanka Boissy Diaz
University of Bristol
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Highly Commended
Anastasia Sofia Semaan
Canterbury Christ Church University
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Finalist
Clarisse Mace
King’s College London
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Finalist
Odara Medagedara
University of Edinburgh
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Winner
University College Cork
UCC’s Green Campus Programme
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Finalist
South Devon College
Our unbroken green thread – the first 15 years
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Finalist
University College London
UCL: Making change possible today
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Finalist
University of Reading
The art of SMART sustainability leadership
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Finalist
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of West of England, Bristol
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Winner
York St John University
Living Labs: Air quality - Learning at the Junction
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Highly Commended
University of Leicester
Upskilling students to support Innovation for Good
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Highly Commended
University of the West of England, Bristol
Sustainable Global Public Health: A module of learning for undergraduate nursing students
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Finalist
Harrogate College
Feedback driven curriculums brought to life through collaboration: Embedding sustainability and excelling in retrofit provision
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Finalist
Nottingham Trent University
Enhancing graduate employability through embracing sustainability
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Finalist
University of Aberdeen
Sustainability Transitions - Feeding the demand for sustainability literate leaders
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Finalist
University of Gloucestershire
Empowering ChangeMakers
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