KTH contributes to sustainable development by providing educational programmes, conducting research and by interacting with the surrounding community. Through its activities, KTH also impacts the environment in practical terms through the consumption of materials and water, energy and chemicals, travel and transport and construction, and indirectly through purchasing and procurement. KTH's operations are certified in accordance with the international environmental management standard ISO14001.
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Learn how each of the global goals is connected to the work KTH is doing.
As an authority, KTH must implement measures to save energy according to a new mandate from the government. The amount of electricity purchased and measures must be regularly reported to the government up to and including March 2023.
A new study assigns actual value to the negative aspects of traditional cooking methods in the developing world, including lost time due to collecting wood or other burnable biomass. Pictured, women carry firewood for cooking at home in Kenya. (Photo: Youssef Boulkaid)
Replacing wood and charcoal stoves in Africa could save half a million lives every year
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Open House at KTH Live-In lab (Conferences and events)KTH Live-In Lab, Malvinas väg 14 (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Open House at KTH Live-In lab (Conferences and events)
Location: Kvarnbergagatan 12, Södertälje samt Online
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Welcome to Science Week! (Conferences and events)Kvarnbergagatan 12, Södertälje samt Online (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Welcome to Science Week! (Conferences and events)
UN Sustainable Development Goals and Education at KTH
It is important that all students graduate from KTH with the knowledge and tools they need to be able to contribute to a sustainable social development. See KTH's programme descriptions to know more about how each education links to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Have you stumbled across something at KTH that is harmful for the environment or do you have suggestions for how we can improve KTH's work with the environmental?
