Universitas Islam Sultan Agung (UNISSULA) is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and strengthening institutional climate action through a long-term pathway toward carbon neutrality.

As part of the UNISSULA Strategic Plan 2025–2029, the university has established a target to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The commitment covers Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, with the progressive inclusion of relevant Scope 3 emissions as institutional data, measurement systems, and implementation capacity continue to develop.

This commitment provides a long-term direction for integrating emissions reduction into university operations, energy management, mobility, waste management, infrastructure, education, research, and institutional governance.

Carbon Neutrality Target

UNISSULA has established the following institutional direction:

UNISSULA targets carbon neutrality by 2040 in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, covering Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, with the progressive inclusion of relevant Scope 3 emissions.

The target is incorporated into the university’s strategic planning framework under its climate-action agenda.

The same framework also requires UNISSULA to develop and improve its emissions inventory, monitor emissions reduction, implement climate-adaptation measures, strengthen emergency preparedness, and maintain supporting evidence such as energy and travel data, calculation methodologies, risk maps, simulation results, incident records, and follow-up reports.

Alignment with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol

UNISSULA uses the Greenhouse Gas Protocol framework as a reference for defining the institutional boundaries of greenhouse gas emissions.

Under this framework:

• Scope 1 covers direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources owned or controlled by the university.
• Scope 2 covers indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with purchased energy, particularly electricity used in university facilities.
• Scope 3 covers other indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with university activities and value-chain operations.

UNISSULA’s 2040 commitment explicitly includes Scope 1 and Scope 2, while Scope 3 coverage will be progressively expanded as reliable institutional data becomes available.

This progressive approach enables the university to improve the completeness and quality of its emissions inventory while maintaining transparent and evidence-based reporting.

Scope of the 2040 Commitment

The approach reflects UNISSULA’s commitment to establishing a measurable and realistic pathway toward institutional carbon neutrality.

Institutional Emissions Inventory

The development of an institutional emissions inventory is an important component of UNISSULA’s climate strategy.

The Strategic Plan identifies the completeness of the emissions inventory and the reduction of emissions per university community member as climate-performance measures. It also identifies supporting evidence including energy and travel data and calculation methodologies.

These measures provide a basis for improving the identification, calculation, monitoring, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over time.

The university will continue strengthening its emissions-data systems so that climate performance can be assessed consistently and supported by verifiable institutional records.

Scope 1 Emissions

Scope 1 represents direct emissions from sources under university ownership or operational control.

Relevant sources may include direct fuel consumption associated with university operations, vehicles, generators, and other controlled activities.

The university’s broader environmental management framework already recognises emissions as a measurable institutional environmental indicator.

UNISSULA’s Strategic Plan requires environmental action to be translated into measurable performance covering areas including energy, emissions, water, waste, transport, open space, sustainability education, and sustainability research.

This framework supports the systematic identification and reduction of direct emissions.

Scope 2 Emissions

Scope 2 relates primarily to emissions associated with purchased electricity and other purchased energy.

Energy management therefore forms an important component of UNISSULA’s pathway toward carbon neutrality.

The Strategic Plan integrates energy and emissions within the university’s environmental performance framework.

Actions supporting Scope 2 reduction include improvements in energy efficiency, monitoring of electricity consumption, implementation of lower-carbon technologies, and greater utilisation of renewable or low-carbon energy where feasible.

The relationship between energy use and emissions enables energy-management initiatives to contribute directly to the university’s long-term carbon-neutrality objective.

Progressive Inclusion of Scope 3

Scope 3 emissions are generally more complex to measure because they arise from activities connected to university operations but outside direct university ownership or control.

These may include categories associated with transport, travel, procurement, waste, water, purchased goods and services, and other indirect activities.

For this reason, UNISSULA has adopted a progressive Scope 3 approach rather than immediately claiming comprehensive Scope 3 coverage.

The university will gradually strengthen:

• Identification of relevant Scope 3 emission sources;
• Availability and quality of activity data;
• Calculation methodologies;
• Institutional responsibilities for data collection;
• Monitoring and verification; and
• Emissions-reduction measures.

This approach supports the development of a credible greenhouse gas inventory while allowing Scope 3 coverage to expand as institutional systems mature.

Energy Efficiency and Low-Carbon Transition

UNISSULA recognises that reducing energy-related emissions is central to the achievement of carbon neutrality.

The university’s strategic direction includes energy efficiency, controlled energy consumption, renewable energy utilisation, and low-carbon technology development.

The Strategic Plan also links energy performance with reductions in energy-related emissions, supported by evidence such as energy bills, meter data, energy audits, monitoring systems, and verification reports.

Together, these measures provide an operational foundation for reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions while supporting broader climate objectives.

Sustainable Mobility

Transport and mobility are also included within UNISSULA’s environmental framework.

The Strategic Plan identifies transport as one of the areas in which environmental performance should be measured.

Improving mobility patterns can contribute to both direct and indirect emissions reduction.

Potential measures include more efficient institutional transport, support for lower-emission mobility, improved pedestrian infrastructure, increased use of shared or public transportation, and improved measurement of university-related travel.

These efforts also contribute to the gradual development of relevant Scope 3 emissions data.

Waste and Resource Management

Waste reduction and improved resource management form another part of UNISSULA’s broader environmental strategy.

The Strategic Plan includes waste as a measurable environmental area alongside energy, emissions, water, transport, and open space.

Waste measurement, segregation, recycling, reduction of disposable materials, and responsible waste management support both environmental improvement and the future measurement of indirect greenhouse gas emissions.

As the university expands Scope 3 measurement, these operational data can contribute to a more comprehensive institutional emissions inventory.

Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

UNISSULA’s climate strategy addresses both mitigation and adaptation.

The Strategic Plan states that climate action includes:

• Emissions inventory;
• Energy and mobility efficiency;
• Strengthening green spaces;
• Waste reduction;
• Infrastructure adaptation; and
• Climate education.

It also identifies risks including flooding, heat waves, health disruption, and interruption of academic services, which are incorporated into institutional continuity planning.

This integrated approach reflects the recognition that carbon reduction must be accompanied by greater resilience to climate-related impacts.

Monitoring and Institutional Accountability

UNISSULA applies an evidence-based approach to institutional performance.

The Strategic Plan states that targets represent managerial ambitions and that achievement is recognised only after supporting evidence has been verified.

The university’s governance system includes:

• Target setting;
• Implementation;
• Performance monitoring;
• Evidence-based evaluation;
• Risk management;
• Corrective action; and
• Continuous improvement.

Operational reviews are conducted monthly, performance reviews quarterly, and institutional evaluations annually, with additional mid-term and final strategic-plan evaluations.

This governance mechanism provides a basis for monitoring progress toward the university’s 2040 carbon-neutrality commitment.

Integration with Research and Education

Carbon neutrality is not limited to campus operations.

UNISSULA also integrates sustainability, climate action, and low-carbon development into research and education.

The Strategic Plan identifies sustainability education and sustainability research alongside operational environmental indicators.Research, interdisciplinary learning, innovation, and community engagement can therefore contribute to the development of new approaches to energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, mobility, waste management, and climate resilience.

Long-Term Carbon Reduction Pathway

The 2040 target provides a long-term institutional direction beyond the current 2025–2029 Strategic Plan period.

During the current planning period, priority is placed on strengthening the foundations required for future carbon neutrality, including:

• Emissions inventory development;
• Energy monitoring;
• Emissions calculation methodologies;
• Energy efficiency;
• Low-carbon energy use;
• Emissions reduction;
• Improved mobility;
• Waste reduction;
• Climate adaptation; and
• Progressively broader Scope 3 data coverage.

These foundations will enable future institutional plans to establish increasingly detailed milestones toward the 2040 target.

Evidence of Implementation

1. The UNISSULA Strategic Plan 2025–2029 establishes a carbon-neutrality target for 2040, aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and covering Scope 1, Scope 2, and progressive Scope 3 inclusion.
2. The Strategic Plan requires an institutional emissions inventory and monitoring of emissions reduction, supported by energy and travel data, calculation methodologies, risk information, and follow-up documentation.
3. Energy and emissions are explicitly included as measurable environmental indicators, together with water, waste, transport, open space, sustainability education, and research.
4. Climate action includes energy efficiency, mobility, waste reduction, green spaces, infrastructure adaptation, and climate education, demonstrating that the carbon-neutrality commitment is supported by a broader institutional climate-action framework.
5. Institutional targets are subject to evidence-based verification, ensuring that progress is supported by measurable and auditable information.
6. UNISSULA maintains structured monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, including monthly, quarterly, annual, mid-term, and end-of-period review processes.