UHH presents ambitious sustainability strategy 2030 for the future!

UHH presents ambitious sustainability strategy 2030 for the future!

Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Deutschland - The University of Hamburg (UHH) presented a comprehensive sustainability strategy on June 5, 2025 by 2030. This strategy comprises 55 pages and defines a total of 54 goals and over 100 concrete measures that aim to advance the sustainable and digital transformation of the UHH over the next five years. The participative process for the development of strategy involved actors from various areas of the university, which underlines the broad support and commitment of all disciplines. According to Uhh , the strategy will address various performance dimensions, including research, teaching, governance and administration.

In the implementation of the sustainability goals, the Faculties of UHH are enabled to develop specific strategies that take into account the diversity of their specialist cultures. At the same time, departments and central facilities are called up to develop their own concepts. The planned measures include the expansion of sustainable and digital research projects and the establishment of new courses. Prof. Dr. Hauke ​​Heekeren, the President of the UHH, emphasizes the importance of this strategy for the long -term development of the university. In particular, Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Chief Sustainability Officer, the interdisciplinary cooperation and the use of innovative technologies.

background to the German sustainability strategy

The UHH's new strategy fits into the broader framework of the German sustainability strategy (DNS), which was decided on March 10, 2021 in Berlin. The DNS is used to implement the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development to which the federal government has reacted with its strategy. This agenda, adopted by the global community in 2015, comprises 17 global sustainability goals (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGS), which are intended to promote socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development. As Future City Stadtlandplus were reported by citizen dialogues and consultation processes, so much Identification of six transformation areas led, among other things, climate protection, social justice and sustainability in agriculture.

The Federal Government underlines the need for joint action in order to achieve the defined goals. In particular, the G20 countries should take on a pioneering role, such as Federal Government . The responsibility is not only among governments, but also among actors from science, business and society, who have to actively participate in the realization of the 17 SDGs.

The University of Hamburg has already initiated numerous sustainability activities in its long history, for example through the Sustainable University of Sustainable University from 2011 to 2019. Since 2019, the promotion of sustainability has been a central strategic goal of the UHH, supported by the sustainability office founded in 2022. With the publication of the 2030 sustainability strategy, the UHH takes an important step towards long -term and sustainable development within its institution.