Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 49.83
Liaison YOLANDA MENDOZA CAVAZOS
Submission Date June 30, 2022

STARS v2.2

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
PA-2: Sustainability Planning

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 Miriam Sanchez Garza
MDE
Sustainability dept
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Does the institution have a published plan or plans that include measurable sustainability objectives that address sustainability in curriculum and/or research?:
No

A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to academics and the plan(s) in which they are published:
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Does the institution have a published plan or plans that include measurable sustainability objectives that address student, employee, or community engagement for sustainability?:
No

A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to engagement and the plan(s) in which they are published:
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Does the institution have a published plan or plans that include measurable sustainability objectives that address sustainability in operations?:
No

A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to operations and the plan(s) in which they are published:
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Does the institution have a published plan or plans that include measurable sustainability objectives that address diversity, equity, and inclusion; sustainable investment/finance; or wellbeing?:
No

A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to administration and the plan(s) in which they are published:
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Does the institution have a published strategic plan or equivalent guiding document that includes sustainability at a high level? :
Yes

The institution’s highest guiding document (upload):
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Website URL where the institution’s highest guiding document is publicly available:
Which of the following best describes the inclusion of sustainability in the highest guiding document?:
Major theme

The institution's sustainability plan (upload):
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Website URL where the institution's sustainability plan is publicly available:
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Does the institution have a formal statement in support of sustainability endorsed by its governing body?:
Yes

The formal statement in support of sustainability:

The Institutional Development Plan (PDI) 2022-2025 is an effort of the university community in which our university expresses its commitment and responsibility to generate proposals for attention and solutions to relevant social problems, and assumes an attitude critical and proactive in the face of international and national trends that are present today. The Mission and Vision of the University propose to be at the forefront in the generation of innovative knowledge and training with purpose, with a sense of belonging and identity.

The PDI is organized in 4 substantive axes: Comprehensive student training; Teaching and academic innovation; Creation, transfer and dissemination of knowledge; and social transcendence. The action of the university community is supported by principles of social inclusion, prospective and innovation, consistently identifying and linking university traceability throughout upper secondary education, undergraduate and graduate studies, and is supported by a University Social Responsibility Model. that positions our institution as a sustainable university.

The monitoring and evaluation of the PDI, all actions will be measured and evaluated through a set of indices and indicators.​


The institution’s definition of sustainability:
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Is the institution an endorser or signatory of the following?:
Yes or No
The Earth Charter No
The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) No
ISCN-GULF Sustainable Campus Charter No
Pan-Canadian Protocol for Sustainability No
SDG Accord No
Second Nature’s Carbon Commitment (formerly known as the ACUPCC), Resilience Commitment, and/or integrated Climate Commitment No
The Talloires Declaration (TD) No
UN Global Compact No
Other multi-dimensional sustainability commitments (please specify below) Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal sustainability commitments, including the specific initiatives selected above:

The Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT) has an impact on the 17 objectives established in the agenda. However, it will focus its efforts on those that represent the greatest challenges for Higher Education Institutions (IES) through their substantive functions:
• Quality education
• Gender equality
• Decent work and economic growth
• Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• Reduction of inequalities
• Climate action
Faced with this great challenge, University Social Responsibility represents the path towards sustainable development. It is the management model of the University through which it becomes aware of itself, its environment and its participation in it, using teaching and learning, research, social leadership and university management as means, applied to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to be a bigger and stronger university.


Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability planning efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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