Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus San Luis Potosi
PA-2: Commitments and Planning

Education:

1. Training design teams and faculty in sustainable development education, using a standardized methodological framework for its curricular implementation in courses and educational units.
2. Curricular inclusion of education for sustainabledevelopment, prioritizing topics related to sustainability and the ecological crisis through diverse modalities in courses, educational units, blocks, Tec weeks and challenges using the Campuses/settings (i.e. Distrito Tec) as laboratories and/or education partners.
3. Evaluation and certification: Evaluate the incorporation of the SDGs and award “seals” or “certificates” to the projects that comply with the characteristics of the methodology in which they received training.
4. Mapping the curricular inclusion of the SDGs in courses and educational units, and creating a database of certified faculty, courses and projects.

Research:

1. FUNDING TO ENCOURAGE INTERDISCIPLINARY SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH Create a long-term fund for climate change research.
2. CAMPUSES AS LIVING LABS FOR RESEARCH Facilitate the availability of the Campus facilities to encourage research and student projects aimed at solving climate change and sustainability problems. The Campuses become living labs where innovation forms part of the daily activities of our students and researchers.

1. Foster intersectoral cooperation to co-design solutions directed towards sustainable development.
   1. Strengthen alliances with local, national and international universities to drive research, curricular and cocurricular activities, and projects to drive climate action.
   2. Promote the national interuniversity climate change network, combining forces to fulfill Mexico’s goals under the Paris Agreement.
   3. Collaborate closely with the private sector to generate ideas and develop technologies that will accelerate the transition towards sustainability.
   4. Participate actively in local networks (for example, the WWF Alliances for Climate Action) that make it possible to form local sustainable development agendas.
   5. Collaborate with the public sector to codesign public policies and legislation directed towards sustainable development.
   6. Involve the Tec and EXATEC (Tec alumni) internal community in the Sustainability efforts

2. Define institutional positioning regarding the most relevant and important climate change topics nationwide.

3. Provide climate consulting services for diverse industrial sectors and offer short programs for companies, thereby helping individuals and organizations to understand this phenomenon and the adjustments needed to transition to sustainability.

4. Promote educational programs on climate change for the community, related to the SDGs, circular economy, recycling, education in sustainability, among others.

Since 2012, Tecnológico de Monterrey nationwide, stablished it's equity and no discrimation principle, since then there's been a los of milestones that addresss racial equity and social justice, in the past 2 years, we have been reinforcing the Office of Recognition of Human Dignity.

Part of the reinforcing activies was the development and implementation of the first Indigenous knowledges workshop, of the APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities, in collaboration with 7 other universities,to  held in the Social Innovation Center at San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. (https://conecta.tec.mx/es/noticias/nacional/institucion/organiza-tec-de-monterrey-taller-global-de-conocimientos-indigenas ) 

In this exchange, the best practices observed by researchers for the preservation of language, education, cultural diversity, and Indigenous identity were shared.

Representatives from Ecuador, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and Mexico gathered to discuss the actions taken in their academic institutions with Indigenous peoples.

Besides en 2023, the initiative became a strategic and functional priority project as Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. It's objective is to build a inclusion culture that recognices and respects the human dignity. 

Furthermore, along with the Vice Presidency of Inclusion, Social Impact, and Sustainability, there are the following objectives:

• Social mobility, at Tec de Monterrey, it is extremely important to contribute to social transformation, therefore, we motivate young people with outstanding abilities by granting them academic scholarships that allow them to obtain the professional development. Scholarships offer educational opportunities while promoting equity and inclusion, the impact is significant for students as well as for society, as they aid in reducing economic inequalities, this contribute to SDG's 4,8 and 10.

• Accessible and sustainable spaces. A city’s quality and effectiveness depend to a large degree on the quality, functionality, and sustainability of its public spaces. These spaces, accessible for all, must be designed to protect the environment and natural ecosystems. Public spaces are fundamental for the quality of life, the development of healthy communities, and environmental preservation. At Tec, we are working to improve the integral experience on our campuses and the
  quality of life outside of them, collaborating with neighbors and authorities for the positive
  transformation of surrounding areas, as we care for the environment and promote practices
  that benefit the community and local ecosystems.The development of sustainable
  infrastructure is closely related to the construction and rehabilitation of spaces for offering essential services to the community, in addition to encouraging inclusion and community well-being. This focus promotes spaces that are secure, inclusive, and adapted to the needs of all and the emerging climate conditions. These projects contribute to SDGs 6, 9, 11 and 13.

• Solidary Action. At Tec de Monterrey, we comprehend that for society to address social, economic, and environmental challenges, in addition to having economic, scientific, and technological resources, we need to deploy a series of actions of a solidary nature that will allow us to put our personal talent and professional excellence at the service of others, especially for people and living creatures that are in a situation of vulnerability. Solidary action encompasses efforts focused on collecting and delivering donations for covering the vulnerable population’s basic needs. 139 initiatives were identified, with an impact on approximately 197,000 people. It needs to be emphasized that 73% of people in situations of vulnerability have some type of physical handicap, whether visual, auditory, or related to mobility, or a psychosocial and/ or intellectual handicap.

Evidence of this are in the following links:

https://tec.mx/sites/default/files/dignidad-humana/reportes/reporte-diversidad-inclusion-2022-2023.pdf

https://tec.mx/sites/default/files/repositorio/sentido-humano/desarrollo-sostenible/Report-Sustainable-Development-Initiatives-2022-2023.pdf

In 2023  we Implemented a series of Climate Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Workshops for Tec de Monterrey’s teams to include the climate risk monitoring, management and mitigation programs our Health and Safety System.

Implement two workshops for Tec de Monterrey’s staff in a 30-hour online format each

Part of the Sustainability committee plan is to address the climate resilience challenges that the campus is facing, since almost 100% of the campuses are in a climate risk situation, this is one of the main topics that are being discused and planned to be developed on the sustainability plan.

Goals: 

1. Climate risk contingency plan for the highest identified risk per campus.
2. Implementing and deploying plans for contingency situations.

To have 100% of Tec’s facilities have current and future vulnerability to climate change impacts as-sessment studies.

Formulation of adaptation plans for each campus, identifying the portfolio of adaptation measures with following  focal points:

1. Disaster risk reduction: the Institution’s facilities will have master plans and/or roadmaps that consider elements of sustainability, adaptation and resilience to extreme climate phenomena. b. Ecosystem-based adaptation: To have 100% of Tec’s facilities have an ongoing reforestation strategy with terrestrial ecosystem restoration plans.
2. Community-based adaptation: promote the adaptive capacity of the vulnerable commu-nities in which our campuses are located.
3. Economic assessment of the priority lines of action/adaptation measures.
4. Design of a strategy to implement and monitor the adaptation plan measures for the five highest-risk Campuses and/or facilities.
5. Train personnel in the correct operation of the adaptation measures for each campus.
6. Develop metrics for the lines of action/adaptation measures, and a reporting platform (monitoring and assessment).
7. Execution of assessments to identify climate risks at the Campuses and their terrestrial ecosystems and analyze the current economic impacts of climate change and future scenarios.
8. Design and installation of monitoring and evaluation systems based on the development of relevant indicators for climate change adaptation. Design of master plans, taking into account the factors studied and modeled for climate change adaptation.
9. Formulation of an inventory of trees at all the Campuses, facilities and property assets for their management in terms of restoration and resilience.
10. Implementation of terrestrial ecosystem restoration and resilience actions, based on risk assessments