Progress and Performance

Energy
Around 95% of total energy consumption comes from electricity. The consumption of electricity is an indicator of how we are doing with regards to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions...

Greenhouse Gases
In the 2018-19 academic year, HKUST emitted 47,500 metric tons of CO2 equivalent (MTCO2e) from sources of Scope 1 and 2, which is 2.7% lower than last year...

Waste
The HKUST 2020 Sustainability Challenge set a reduction target of 50% below the baseline year of 2014. The strategy for reaching that target focuses on four key areas...