Virginia Tech Sustainability Progress and Impact

Virginia Tech advances sustainability through its land-grant mission of teaching, research, and service.

In 2015, the United Nations adopted a global framework for sustainable development focusing on 17 SDGs. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for all countries to address complex, global problems covering all aspects of sustainability such as health and wellbeing, economic development, clean water, and climate change. 

As a public land-grant institution dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech is well positioned to address these complex problems and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through teaching, research, and service.

This website recognizes some of the many initiatives, programs, activities, and research that contribute to Virginia Tech’s progress towards achieving the SDGs.

Explore Virginia Tech’s SDG Progress