The Climate & Sustainability Annual Report examines achievements, initiatives, and other sustainability-related activities that materialized throughout the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Sustainability Projects Fund Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report highlights key impacts and activities of the Sustainability Projects Fund from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024
Progress
Platinum Sustainability Rating
McGill attained a Platinum Sustainability Rating in March 2024, the highest achievable under the sustainability rating system administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
McGill's current rating is Platinum (86.26 points).
Learn more about McGill’s Platinum sustainability rating.
Zero-Waste
McGill aims to become zero-waste by attaining a diversion rate of 90%, based on the internationally recognized standard.
McGill's current diversion rate is 38%.
Learn more about McGill’s progress towards becoming zero-waste.
Carbon Neutrality
McGill aims to become carbon neutral by net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through large-scale transformations and offsetting difficult to reduce emissions only when necessary.
McGill currently emits 50,566 net tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
Learn more about McGill’s progress towards carbon neutrality.
Climate Resilience
McGill aims to address 100% of its critical climate risks by 2030 in order to increase its climate resilience thereby helping prepare its community for a changing climate.
Learn more about climate resilience at McGill.
Nature Positive
McGill aims to manage 30% of its green space to foster biodiversity, an important step towards its commitment to become a Nature Positive University.
4% of McGill spaces are currently fostered for biodiversity.
Learn more about McGill’s nature-positive commitment.
Reports
Climate & Sustainability Annual Reports
- Climate & Sustainability Annual Report 2023-2024
- Climate & Sustainability Annual Report 2022-2023
- Climate & Sustainability Annual Report 2021-2022
- Climate & Sustainability Annual Report 2020-2021
Sustainability Projects Fund Annual Reports
2024 Fiscal Year Annual Report- 2023 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2022 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2021 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2020 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2019 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2018 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2017 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2016 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2015 Fiscal Year Annual Report
- 2013 Annual Report
- 2012 Annual Report
- 2011 Annual Report
Sustainability Reports
Past Sustainability Plans & Strategies
Climate & Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025
The 2020-2025 Climate & Sustainability Strategy introduced a third long-term target: zero-waste by 2035. It was structured around eight categories, which included Research & Education, Waste Management and Community Building.
Vision 2020 Climate & Sustainability Action Plan 2017-2020
The Vision 2020 Climate & Sustainability Action Plan built on past successes from the initial strategy and established two long-term targets: a Platinum sustainability rating by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040.
Vision 2020 Sustainability Action Plan 2014-2016
McGill’s first sustainability strategy, Vision 2020, was driven from a need to coordinate and scale up existing sustainability initiatives. It contained goals and priority actions across five categories, including Research, Education and Operations.
