Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

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Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™

Action category:  Assessment for integrating sustainable development
Associated keywords:  Education for Sustainability,  green campus,  sustainability
Latest update: 10/31/2023

Sustainable Development Goals

Presentation

The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. STARS® was developed by AASHE, an acknowledged thought leader that advances sustainability by providing invaluable resources, with broad participation from diverse representatives of the higher education community.

Objectives

STARS is designed to:

  • Provide a framework for understanding sustainability in all sectors of higher education.
  • Enable meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements developed with broad participation from the campus sustainability community.
  • Create incentives for continual improvement toward sustainability.
  • Facilitate information sharing about higher education sustainability practices and performance.
  • Build a stronger, more diverse campus sustainability community.

Innovative aspects

The STARS framework is intended to engage and recognize the full spectrum of colleges and universities, from commnity colleges to research universities and from institutions just starting theis sustainability goals for already high-achieving institutions as welle as entry points of recognition for institutions that are taking first steps toward sustainability.

STARS participants

The participants are listed on a map available here. 

Website

stars.aashe.org