UAS Burgenland joins UN Global Compact

Die FH Burgenland ist eine nachhaltige Hochschule und erweitert ihr internationales Netzwerk.

Intense efforts in the areas of sustainability and corporate responsibility have characterised UAS Burgenland for years. The university has now joined the world's largest initiative, the UN Global Compact, which has more than 25,000 participating organisations worldwide, more than 250 of which are in Austria.

Eisenstadt/Pinkafeld, 10th of September 2024. 17 universal goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), lie at the heart of comprehensive and global efforts to achieve greater sustainability. Of course UAS Burgenland is also committed to these goals. It therefore made sense for those responsible to join the UN Global Compact, which breaks down these goals into ten principles in the areas of labour standards, human rights, environmental protection and anti-corruption. UN Global Compact is a worldwide pact concluded between companies and the UN in order to make globalisation more social and ecological.

We have been teaching and researching sustainability, climate protection and the common good for many years. A great deal of knowledge is pooled at our study centers and we feel responsible to act as multipliers. It is therefore with great conviction that UAS Burgenland also promotes the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact.

Georg Pehm, UAS Burgenland Managing Director 

Sustainability has a log tradition

  • For more than 30 years, energy and environmental issues have been a focus of teaching and research at the university, especially at the Pinkafeld campus.
  • In 2020, UAS Burgenland also established a Sustainability Office.
  • In 2021, the university joined the "United Nations Academic Impact." This is an initiative that connects educational institutions with the United Nations to support and promote their goals and principles.
  • Since the fall of 2023, the university has offered Austria's first Bachelor's degree programme in business administration with a strong focus on sustainability.
  • The university is also actively involved in the "Sustainable Universities" association.
  • Additionally, it participates in the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).
  • The first sustainability report of the FH Burgenland Group, consisting of UAS Burgenland, UAS Burgenland Weiterbildung, Forschung Burgenland, and Akademie Burgenland, will be published in the fall.

Secure your remaining study place now

For very last-minute students, there is still the opportunity to start their studies in autumn in a few Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes. This applies to the technical Bachelor's degree programmes in Applied Electronics and Photonics, Energy and Environmental Management, Building and Energy Technology, the Master's degree in Building Technology and Facility Management and the business Bachelor's degree programmes in International Business Relations, International Sustainable Business and the Master's degree programmes in International Business Relations and International Wine Marketing.

You can find more information on this and on the subject of sustainability at https://www.fh-burgenland.at/ueber-uns/infos-zu/nachhaltigkeit/.

Further information:
Mag.a Christiane Staab
Marketing & Communication
Fachhochschule Burgenland GmbH
Tel: +43 (0)5 7705 3537
E-Mail: christiane.staab@hochschule-burgenland.at

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