Office of Sustainability

Of the 674 universities or colleges with a Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System ranking, the university’s score of 85.39 ranked seventh. 

Environmental organizations on campus have spent the COVID-19 pandemic spearheading several sustainability initiatives, including a focus on single-use plastics. 

With the year 2020 approaching, UC Berkeley has diverted only about half the solid waste from landfills necessary to reach its zero waste by 2020 goal.

UC Berkeley was awarded with a gold rating by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, or STARS, for its sustainability initiatives, placing 11th in the nation.

The University of California was awarded the Excellence in Green Power Use Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, on Monday for its efforts to reduce emissions and consistently generate sustainable energy.

UC Berkeley fulfilled its pledge to reduce the campus’ carbon emissions to 1990 levels two years ahead of schedule, campus officials announced Nov. 12.

UC Berkeley students are calling for the university to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of a nationwide environmental campaign to stop climate change.