Our ongoing commitment to sustainability is making a difference to our students, staff and communities
At Griffith, our teaching, operations, research and engagement programs align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to equip the next generation of leaders, innovators and decision makers with the knowledge and skills to tackle global challenges.
We see the SDGs as a reflection of our core values and are commited to investing in First Peoples, environmental sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and social justice for a better world—now and in the future.
Sustainable Development Goals
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is committed to fostering partnerships to create synergies, best practices and amplifying our impact in achieving the SDGs for a more sustainable and inclusive future for all.
Sustainable partnerships and engagement
Binna Burra
Griffith University is the lead university partner for a new era of the iconic Binna Burra Lodge, which was devastated by bushfires in September 2019.
A memorandum of understanding between Griffith and Binna Burra Lodge cements a strategic partnership between the University and the historic nature-based tourism provider, focusing on collaborative research and education outcomes.
Centre for Systems Innovation
Part of the Griffith Business School, the Centre for Systems Innovation is a university-wide platform to research, advise, educate and create global connections on impact-led innovation.
The Centre for Systems Innovation’s purpose is to equip people with knowledge, capacity and opportunities to create positive, societal impact.
Natura Pacific
Griffith has partnered with Gold Coast-based environmental company Natura Pacific to produce a free gardening app—GroNative.
The easy-to-use app promotes planting local flora and provides people in South East Queensland with helpful information on growing conditions, flowering times, form, colour and biodiversity benefits.
EcoCentre
The EcoCentre is a key element of the Griffith Sciences Partnerships Office, promoting the idea that the knowledge, frameworks and resources to develop a truly sustainable world already exist.
The building itself acts as a fundamental education tool, with features that incorporate strict principles of sustainable design.
Policies, reports and plans
Griffith University's sustainability policies, plans and strategies help mitigate the impact of our operations and outline our steps to reduce our carbon footprint to support our commitment to environmental sustainability and climate action.
Sustainability news at Griffith
Sports engineering student proves a key player in Paralympic innovation
26 Mar 2024
A Griffith masters student has been working with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) to design...
World leading researchers convene to help combat space health hurdles
25 Mar 2024
Professor Julie Hides is supporting NASA in solving musculoskeletal injuries in space.
Griffith pros and QAS paramedics meet in Mongolia to elevate emergency care
31 Jan 2024
Gold Coast paramedics have united with ambulance staff in Mongolia as part of Griffith’s...
New student accommodation at Griffith’s Gold Coast campus
22 Dec 2023
Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus is set to boast a new student accommodation tower housing...
Griffith-led CRC attracts $140 million to tackle plastic waste
12 Dec 2023
Griffith’s first CRC to unite industry, government and research to enhance plastics value...
Griffith University achieves a stellar outcome for its sustainability efforts
06 Dec 2023
Griffith University has been ranked 40th globally in the QS Sustainability Ranking 2024, including...
Griffith is committed to responsible investments
Griffith University's free cash, other than nominal amounts in operational bank accounts, is invested in either the Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) Capital Guaranteed Cash Fund or the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Growth Fund. The QTC Capital Guaranteed Cash Fund invests the majority of its funds in medium-term floating rate notes, discount securities, and cash, in banks and financial institutions. QIC is a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) initiative and has adopted a Responsible Investment Policy that outlines its commitment to the principles of the UNPRI.
Contact Griffith Sustainability
Griffith Sustainability Room 0.08, Building N23, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan QLD, 4111