This initiative promoted by the Porto City Council aims to boost Porto's ambition to achieve its defined environmental goals, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030.
After signing the Porto Climate Pact in 2022, Porto Business School reiterated its commitment through the Mission Cities and the Climate City Contract, by signing the Commitment Letter for the Climate City Contract.
The European Union's Mission Cities aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. Meanwhile, the Climate City Contract aims to engage local stakeholders in Porto's journey.
To achieve climate neutrality, the city of Porto has implemented a series of initiatives, including:
• Expansion of green areas;
• Afforestation Plan;
• FUN Porto - Native Urban Forests of Porto;
• Urban water cycle management;
• Water for reuse;
• LED public lighting;
• Clean energy production: Porto Solar;
• Municipal Electric Fleet;
• Green Buses: STCP fleet - electric / natural gas (Biomethane);
• Smart mobility: intelligent traffic lights and priority for public transport;
• Network 20: priority routes for soft mobility means;
• Municipal sustainable buildings and Campanhã Intermodal Terminal;
• Circular economy: Porto Circular City 2030.
Following its initial commitment, Porto Business School reaffirms its commitment to contribute to a more sustainable future for all by signing the Climate City Contract Commitment Letter.
Porto Business School's commitment to a more sustainable world
Porto Business School considers Sustainability, in its various aspects, one of the fundamental pillars of its strategy. Therefore, the School develops various initiatives in the field of Sustainability, including the creation of an ecological and efficient urban garden. Considered the largest in the country, Porto Business School’s Garden, located on the school's roof, currently has 70 cultivation beds and covers an area of 114 square meters.
In 2014, Porto Business School was the first Portuguese school and the second in the Iberian Peninsula to achieve this level of certification, thus joining a restricted number of international schools such as Harvard, MIT, Columbia, and Stanford. That year, the Porto Business School building was awarded LEED GOLD certification - Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design in the GOLD category, a certification granted by the United States Green Building Council, which defines international best practices in environmental sustainability and evaluates building performance in terms of energy, water, local impact, materials, waste, and indoor environmental quality.
Finally, in 2023, Porto Business School installed 300 solar panels on the roof of its facilities, aiming to produce green energy, actively contributing to the decarbonization process.
