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The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE, pronouncedAY-shee)^[2][3] is a501(c)(3) association ofhigher education institutions headquartered inPhiladelphia. The association aims to improve sustainable practices in higher education by advocacy of sustainable innovation.^[4][5] AASHE encourages people involved in education to promote sustainable development to their communities.^[6][7]

AASHE is an official partner of theSustainable Development Goals program of theUnited Nations,^[8][9] theU.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Initiative,^[10] theU.S. Green Building Council,^[11] andThe Princeton Review.^[12]

Thejournal of AASHE isSustainability and Climate Change, published byMary Ann Liebert.^[13]

AASHE was founded in December 2005 inPortland, Oregon.^[14] At the time of their founding, they had two staff members, of which Judy Walton was the first executive director.^[15]

Their main office is currently located inPhiladelphia,^[16] though they have also been located inBoston^[17] andDenver.^[18][19]

AASHE organizes an annual Conference, the "AASHE Annual Conference & Expo".^[20] It was held in different locations in the United States from 2006 to 2019, with each year having a different theme.^[21] The AASHE Conference was re-established in 2022 in a virtual format.^[22]

The purpose of the conference is to be a venue for institutions, companies, and educators to collaborate in maximizing the sustainable impact of higher education.^[23] The conference is intended to be an opportunity for administrators to connect with companies and other institutions to exchange sustainable ideas and innovations.^[24]

The AASHE STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System^[25]) program is a way for institutions to be tracked and ranked on their progress in developing sustainable solutions for their communities.^[26] An institution can be awarded a Platinum, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Reporter designation.^[27]

The STARS program tracks multiple factors in an institution's overall sustainability, including purchasing of sustainably-sourced products,^[28] community outreach, and offerings of sustainability courses.^[29] Adherence to any of the factors is self-reported.^[30][31][32]

The STARS program was founded with the purpose of being a sustainability rating system for higher education campuses to complement existing sustainability plans being implemented by individual institutions.^[33]

Sustainability and Climate Change

Discipline	Sustainability
Language	English
Edited by	Madhavi Venkatesan
Publication details
Former name	Sustainability: The Journal of Record
History	2008–present
Publisher	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Frequency	Bimonthly
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt)
ISO 4	Sustain. Clim. Change
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	2692-2924 (print) 2692-2932 (web)
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Sustainability and Climate Change is theacademic journal published byMary Ann Liebert, Inc, in collaboration withAASHE.^[34] It is the society journal of the association.

The first issue, (Volume 1, Issue 1) was published in February 2008.^[35] The journal was published asSustainability: The Journal of Record until Volume 13, Issue 6 (December 2020),^[36] after which the next issue in February 2021 was published under the nameSustainability and Climate Change.^[37][38]

The journal is indexed bySCImago Journal Rank,^[39]Elsevier, (includingScopus,^[40]EMBiology, andGEOBASE),CAB Abstracts, Sustainability Science Abstracts (nowProQuest Environmental Science Collection^[41]), andGreenFILE.

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