Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. The 17 Goals were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which set out a 15-year plan to achieve the Goals. Today, progress is being made in many places, but, overall, action to meet the Goals is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required. A decade of ambitious action is needed to deliver the Goals by 2030.
SDG Support Hub
During 2021, a BUas ‘SDG task force’, with help from students and staff, carried out an inventory to identify our institute’s focus on and contribution to the Global Goals (SDGs) across all areas of our activity: education, research, operations and community engagement. The aim of this inventory was to facilitate meaningful discussions across the organisation and to inform our collective thinking on this topic. We now have an overview of how we are contributing to the Goals and a clear idea of opportunities we want to explore for increasing our contribution to the Goals going forward. Our ‘SDG Action Plan 2022’, coordinated by the SDG Support Hub, helped to put us on the right path to optimising BUas’ role in contributing to the Goals, and facilitate transparency and accountability in terms of our societal contribution in all our areas of activity.
On 10th February 2023, we will hold a day-long ‘theory of change’ workshop to help us to, amongst other things, identify our priority activities for 2023. More information to follow shortly!
Get in touch
Please contact us via Anna Koens: sustainability@buas.nl
Interested? Please read more about the BUas SDG inventory.

SDG Support Hub Team
- Anna Koens-Waddilove - Project Leader, SDG Support Hub - Strategy, Education and Research
- Frans Melissen - Professor of Sustainable Experience Design & Professor of Management Education for Sustainability
- Tim Geelen - Business Partner - Accommodation, Facilities and Planning
- Harald Buijtendijk - Senior lecturer and researcher - Academy for Tourism - Centre for Sustainability, Tourism and Transport (CSTT)
Green office
The Green Office is a student-led community project at BUas that focuses on sustainability. By using the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations as a framework, students organise events and activities to address social and environmental issues across our campus. The Green Office can be contacted via: greenoffice@buas.nl