Staff and students sitting down on Queen's Lawn in the summer

Sustainable Imperial

Sustainable Imperial is an institution-wide strategy, where we are determined to minimise our environmental footprint and grow our positive handprint towards a more sustainable future.

Minimising our negative environmental footprint

Explore key areas where we are reducing our impact on the environment:

Two engineers in a lab working on sustainable concrete

Maximising our positive environmental handprint

Explore key areas where we are increasing our positive contribution on the wider world:

Staff and students taking part in a Climate Fresk workshop

Creating a sustainable future together

Help us create a sustainble future together by getting involved in our initiatives such as:

Students eating and smiling in an Imperial canteen — "Together We Can" – an original poem to inspire us on our journey to a more sustainable future.

To celebrate the launch of the Sustainable Imperial Strategy 2026-2031, Sustainability Projects Officer Stav Friedman wrote a poem – "Together We Can" – that captures the spirit of our ambition, and how we can achieve it by working together as a community.

Our first fossil fuel-free building

The Dr Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building, retrofitted with MACE, now runs on heat pump technology and sets a new benchmark for sustainable building design.

Get in touch

Meet the Sustainable Imperial team who can assist with your sustainability-related queries

QS Sustainability University Rankings 2026

4th in the UK QS Sustainability University Rankings 2026

5th in Europe QS Sustainability University Rankings 2026

7th in the world QS Sustainability University Rankings 2026

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