Princeton Sustainability Principles: Adopted 2014

Princeton’s most meaningful global contributions will come from its research, the education of its students, and from the leadership of its graduates.

Princeton’s sustainability goal setting is informed by methodical, science-based, and multi-perspective analyses.

Near-term (2-10 yr) sustainability goals “stretch” beyond those that are currently achievable, and they exist within a visionary, aspirational framework.

Planning and development related to the physical campus have sustainability as a core priority.

Holistic benefits (educational, cultural, research) as well as financial considerations over multiple time horizons are integral components of Return-on-Investment analyses related to campus sustainability implementation.

Princeton carbon emission reductions produce results that are “additional” to regulatory or market driven reductions that would happen anyway, and are rigorously verifiable.

Princeton is committed to a “campus as a living laboratory” approach that engages the campus community in rigorous inquiry and demonstration of principled pathways to sustainability.

Princeton fosters community-wide awareness and action and is an exemplar of repeatable best practices for other institutions.