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About JMSU
Sustainability
In 2020, JMSU declared a Climate Emergency, a public commitment to take urgent and meaningful action to protect our environment and future. Since then, sustainability has stayed central to everything we do.
Working closely with students, we developed our first Sustainability Action Plan, which guided our environmental work from 2020 to 2023. It led to real progress and laid the foundations for continued action, which we've built on in the years since.
2020
Climate Emergency declared
2020–23
our first Sustainability Action Plan
Very Good
Green Impact accreditation
Our journey

What we've done so far

From declaring a Climate Emergency to appointing Sustainability Ambassadors, here are some of the highlights.
  1. 2019–2020

    2019–2020: Where it started

    • Green Impact submission
    • Campaigns: Environmental, Hedgehog Friendly Campus, Lab Coat Campaign and Library Monitors
    • Sustainability Champions and Green Council (first meeting)
    • Fair Trade Policy and Recycle Week
    • Sustainability Week: Climate Emergency Declaration, Ecosia trial, Extinction Rebellion lecture, Sustainability Fair, period pad workshop, Wilderness Hair workshop, slow fashion lecture, Wellbeing Action Group and Bulky Bob's bike sale
  2. 2021–2022

    2021–2022: Building momentum

    • JMSU accredited with Green Impact ‘Very Good’ status
    • Launched The Growing Project with Liverpool City Region funding
    • Kensington Fields Community Centre clean-ups
    • Sustainability Week: Kensington clean-up and friendship bracelet-making event
  3. 2024–2025

    2024–2025: Doing our own part

    • Leave Liverpool Tidy initiative
    • World Environment Day and National Volunteers' Week
    • Ethical, Environmental & Sustainability Policy approved
    • JMSU President-led recycling competition across accommodations
    • Sustainability Council meetings and Ambassadors appointed (theme: “Do Our Own Part”)
Get involved

Help make campus greener

Got ideas for a greener campus?

We'd love to hear your thoughts on sustainability at LJMU. Whether it's reducing waste, improving recycling or running new eco-friendly initiatives, your ideas matter. Share them directly with the JMSU President, or pop into the Student Life Building for a chat in person.
Contact the President

Interested in volunteering?

Get in touch at jmsuvolunteering@ljmu.ac.uk and let us know what you're interested in. We have lots of opportunities to feed into sustainability activity at JMSU and LJMU. Once you've been in touch, we'll invite you in to discuss your idea and how we can support you.
Email the volunteering team
In partnership with LJMU

Working together for a greener future

Discover how our sustainability goals align with Liverpool John Moores University's work to build a more sustainable and responsible future.