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Sustainability at BUT

  • Brno University of Technology has by the very nature of its existence three fundamental roles: to provide quality education, to push the boundaries of human knowledge through scientific and research activities and to fulfil its role in the so-called third role.
  • We are aware that all our activities have a society-wide impact and influence not only the world we live in now, but also the conditions in which future generations will operate. That is why we must respect and actively promote the principle of sustainability in all our activities.
  • We want to contribute to the mitigation or elimination of the negative effects of the current development of human society and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development as defined in the Green Deal. We also want to coordinate our activities systematically with regard to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which take into account the social, environmental and economic dimensions.

Sustainability Strategy

  • Ensuring sustainable development within the university is one of the priorities that we pay great attention to at BUT. At the management level, the Vice-Rector for Artistic Activities and Sustainability is directly responsible for this issue. We are currently working on the preparation of the BUT Sustainability Strategy, which will be a major document describing the activities, plans and individual steps of the university that will be fulfilled by 2030 in 4 areas of interest: education; science, arts and research; university operations; the third role. 

    The strategy will include both an analytical and a design part, which will address aspects related to its implementation in addition to the vision, strategic objectives and specific proposed actions. The strategy will also reflect other strategic documents of the university, e.g. the Strategic Plan of the BUT and national and supranational strategic documents, e.g. Agenda 2030, Green Deal, Fit for 55 Communication, EU Taxonomy, Sustainable Development Goals, etc.

Areas of sustainable development at BUT

Teaching and education

We educate our students in such a way that they become not only experts in their respective fields, but also personalities who promote a responsible and respectful approach to the world around them.   

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Research and creative activities

As a technical university, our main asset is our ability to develop new solutions leading to a better, more sustainable and safer life. 

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Governance and institutional decision-making

We promote a responsible approach to building and maintaining the university infrastructure, and the economical use of energy, water and waste.

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Service to society

We are an open institution with the potential to respond to and influence events in society.  

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UniLead

In order to share our experience in promoting sustainability principles with others, we became part of the UNILEAD (University Leaders in SDG) project in 2022. 24 public universities from the Czech Republic are participating, with the intention of inspiring each other in implements the SDGs in their operations.

We have been involved in the project mainly at the level of co-developers of the strategy in the area of energy management and responsible purchasing (public procurement). The recommendations that emerged from this sharing of good practice are available on the website of Masaryk University, the main coordinator of the project.

How do we contribute to the principles of sustainability?

    Contact


    sustainability@vut.cz

    Responsibility: Mgr. Marta Vaňková