International Green Gown Awards 2020 for Universities or Colleges across the World

Deadline: March 31, 2020

Applications are open for the International Green Gown Awards 2020. The International Green Gown Awards are supported by UN Environment and are open to any university or college across the world.

Endorsed by UN Environment, they are looking for inspirational sustainability leaders. Recognising exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by the world’s universities and colleges, the International Green Gown Awards set the bar and put every learning institution at the heart of delivering the UN Global Goals.

The ethos of the Green Gown Awards is to ensure the lessons and example of good practice are shared and will put universities and colleges as leaders in sustainability as well as being able to continue their learning from global leaders. The International Green Gown Awards are administered by EAUC.

Categories

The categories are:

Sustainability Institution of the Year
Benefiting Society
Student Engagement

Benefits

Applying for an International Green Gown Award will not only motivate your team, management and students but it will inspire others in the sector to do more and opens the doors to new opportunities:

Acknowledging your team’s efforts – engage your staff and students
Raising your profile and showcase your sustainability excellence via events, case studies and videos
Helping to gain recognition from senior management
Obtaining regional and international recognition
Joining a network of exceptional institutions with year-long promotion for your institution

Winning an International Green Gown Award will bring huge awareness and positive press to not only your institution as a whole but also to the profile of sustainability within it.

Eligibility

Open to any university or college across the world;
There is no limit on the number of applications or categories each institution can enter. Entry is free of charge.

Application

Download the application form here.

Send your submission, by email, to greengown@eauc.org.uk by 12 noon GMT on March 31, 2020. You must also send your institution logo and a photograph of your project (in high resolution, print quality – a minimum of 300dpi