Sustainable Development Goals

As the global challenges of our time continue to evolve, the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals provide a shared blueprint for peace, prosperity and inclusivity for people and the planet, now and into the future.

LJMU's commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals

As an inclusive university, we are proud of our passion and purpose to transform lives and futures through our people who provide excellent education as well as delivering solutions to multiple global challenges through world-class research and high impact knowledge exchange.

Our social responsibility lies deep within our values as an inclusive, courageous, and community-focused university. We are integrating education for sustainable development in both research and academic programmes, and we are striving to operate in the most sustainable and environmentally responsible way possible.

In June 2024 we were placed in the top 60 UK universities and top 400 internationally in the Times Higher Impact Rankings (THE) for our commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in our first submission to the THE Impact Awards. We are committed to the continuing activity towards these important goals and driving change at a local, national and global level and our submission to the THE Impact Rankings 2025 highlights this.

Download the 2024 Sustainable Development Goals report brochure (PDF, 4.78MB)