Reporte de Sostenibilidad Ambiental en Universidades Peruanas

The Report on Environmental Sustainability in Peruvian Universities (RSAUP) is an initiative promoted within the framework of the Interuniversity Environmental Network (RAI) with the support of the Ministry of the Environment in the call and systematization, which seeks to make visible the degree of university commitment to environmental sustainability, through the monitoring of environmental policies and actions implemented by universities. The RSAUP applies a systemic approach, i.e., it explores how universities are mainstreaming environmental sustainability both in their substantive functions (training, research and social projection) and in their operational functions (environmental management and institutional-administrative management). The five criteria evaluated are: Governance, Environmental Management, Training, Research and Social Projection. These criteria are divided into 26 indicators. Since the first report in 2017, the participation of universities has been increasing, which demonstrates the recognition of the importance of incorporating the environmental dimension into the institutional «DNA». In 2017, 20 universities participated, and in 2023, 69 universities participated. Rather than being conceived as a ranking to see if one university is better than another, it seeks to highlight that each institution, from its educational proposal, from its particularities and from its various functions can play an important role in the preservation, conservation, restoration and sustainable use of the environment.