The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) works with the mission to empower higher education to lead the sustainability transformation. They do this by providing resources, professional development, and a network of support to enable institutions of higher education to model and advance sustainability in everything they do, from governance and operations to education and research.

The International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) provides a global forum to support leading colleges, universities, and corporate campuses in the exchange of information, ideas, and best practices for achieving sustainable campus operations and integrating sustainability in research and teaching.

In April 2007, Yale University President Levin invited teams of representatives from the Ivy Plus institutions (below) to gather at Yale to focus on Sustainability and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Commitments. The Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium emerged from that initial meeting. The Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium is committed to sharing solutions that include the implementation of innovative technologies as well as research and operational methodologies that advance our commitment to greenhouse gas reduction on our campuses. The group links sustainability coordinators from the following institutions:

Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
The University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University

The Ivy+ Sustainability Consortium, as part of its Strategic Plan, seeks to advance sustainability action beyond its member institutions. As such, in 2018 a collaboration was initiated by the Ivy+ Sustainability Consortium with a broader network of top-tier U.S. research institutions represented in the EVP Listening Post group. Today there are active Working Groups made up of sustainability officers from this broader representation of institutions, working on joint sustainability actions, with periodic reporting to the EVPs in the Listening Post. One of the active projects is a Carbon Pricing Study Cohort lead by policy researchers at Smith College.

New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability(NJHEPS) intends to transform the New Jersey higher education community to consistently practice sustainability and  contribute to the state, region and world's emerging understanding of sustainability, through teaching, research, outreach, operations, and community life.

Established in 2004, the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) represents more than 40 institutions of higher education from the northeast United States and Eastern Canadian provinces. The main event is a campus sustainability annual gathering. Steering committee consists of representatives from 9 states and 3 provinces (Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland.)

Established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2012, Sustainable Princeton work alongside residents, businesses, nonprofits and local government to make our community more sustainable. They envision Princeton as a model town that examines every action through the lens of sustainability, ensuring a healthy environment, strong economy, and well-being of all community members now and in the future. As a University partner, we support Sustainable Princeton in community-wide action, Shana Weber also serves on the Board of Trustees.