ISO 14001
Relevant Policies
NTU's Environmental Policy sets out the University’s commitment and direction to reducing its environmental impacts. The policy is reviewed annually and is signed off by the Vice-Chancellor; demonstrating the highest level of commitment to mitigating the University’s environmental impacts.
The policy needs to include:
- a commitment for continual improvement
- a commitment to protect the environment and prevent pollution
- a commitment to fulfil compliance obligations
- a framework for SMART objectives and targets in key areas. (Current Year - 2025/26 - Previous years - 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23)
- The scope of NTU's Environmental Management System includes everything under our organisations control or influence that could impact our environmental performance.
The Environment Policy highlights NTUs commitment to address all environmental impacts, for more details on the methods and ways of working relating to specific impacts please see the 'Our Impact' pages or contact the Sustainability Team
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The benefits of an EMS:
- Provides a means to demonstrate legal compliance
- Evidence that action is being taken to reduce environmental impact
- Demonstrates control of high-risk activities
- Demonstrates leadership in environmental management
- Identifies opportunities for improvement
- Meet stakeholder requirements
- Reduced reputational risk
- Gain recognition of improved environmental performance
- Ensures continual improvement.
This certification gives us assurance that NTU have the systems in place to help effectively manage and mitigate our environmental impacts and reach our sustainability objectives.
NTU is proud to be one of the first universities to obtain ISO 14001 certification in 2012, transitioning to the revised 2015 version in December 2017.
All NTU students and staff have access to the EMS SharePoint site
For further information on the University’s EMS please contact the Sustainability Team