Sustainability Showcase 2025 - Environmental Sustainability at the University of Cambridge

A reflection and celebration of progress on environmental sustainability at the University of Cambridge and looking ahead to the future.

At our annual Sustainability Showcase, this year we will celebrate the excellence demonstrated by staff and students working with the Environment Sustainability team on programmes including Green Impact, the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF), the Sustainability Champions Network, among many others. We will also reflect on the past and announce our plans for the future of engagement in environmental sustainability at the University of Cambridge.

Formed of an awards ceremony and presentations, the event will be followed by networking and light refreshments in the Newnham College gardens, with photography for award winners.

This event is free to attend and open to all.

Programme

13:00-13:10 - Welcome and Housekeeping

13:10-13:30 - Opening Address: Reflecting and progress on Environmental Sustainability at the University of Cambridge - Dr Sally Pidgeon, Head of Environmental Sustainability

13:30-14:00 - Celebrating the grassroots: Green Impact, Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework, and the Student Climate-ideathon

14:00-14:30 - A Year of Transition: from Green Impact to Local Environmental Sustainability Plans (LESPs)

14:30-14:55 - Change and the future: the Environmental Sustainability of Research at the University - Professor Judy Hirst, Director of MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit and Chair of the Sustainable Research Working Group

14:55-15:00 - How to get engaged and co-creation of Sustainability Showcase 2026

15:00-16:00 - Networking, Photos and Celebration

Travel

All information for travel to, from and within Newnham College can be found on their Find or contact us pages. Very limited parking is available and you are unlikely to find a space, so please use public transport, cycles or walking. If you have a disability and need to arrange parking on site, please contact the Senior Porters. If you require a car for other means, please email Charlie Barty-King.

Access

This event will take place in the Lucia Windsor room at Newnham College, Cambridge. The Lucia Windsor room is located on the first floor with access via lift or stairs. Accessible gender-neutral toilets surrounding the meeting room and hearing loop facilities are available if required. A conference map can be found below. For information about accessibility, please look at Newnham Colleges AccessAble pages. More information also available on their Meeting rooms page. Any concerns, please email Charlie Barty-King.

For more information, please contact Newnham College in Cambridge.