Editing Princeton University (section)

===Sustainability===
Published in 2008, the Sustainability Action Plan was the first formal plan for sustainability enacted by the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview|url=https://sustain.princeton.edu/sustainability-action-plan/overview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315222344/https://sustain.princeton.edu/sustainability-action-plan/overview|archive-date=March 15, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|website=Office of Sustainability|publisher=Princeton University|language=en}}</ref> It focused on reducing [[greenhouse gas]] emissions, conservation of resources, and research, education, and civic engagement for sustainability through 10 year objectives.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Ruth|date=February 21, 2008|title=Plan sets aggressive goals for Princeton sustainability efforts|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2008/02/21/plan-sets-aggressive-goals-princeton-sustainability-efforts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420231344/https://www.princeton.edu/news/2008/02/21/plan-sets-aggressive-goals-princeton-sustainability-efforts|archive-date=April 20, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|publisher=Princeton University|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Aronson-2019">{{cite web|last=Aronson|first=Emily|date=April 22, 2019|title=Princeton University sustainability plan aims for net zero emissions by 2046|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/04/22/princeton-university-sustainability-plan-aims-net-zero-emissions-2046|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503021919/https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/04/22/princeton-university-sustainability-plan-aims-net-zero-emissions-2046|archive-date=May 3, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|publisher=Princeton University|language=en}}</ref> Since the 2008 plan, Princeton has aimed at reducing its carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels without the purchase of market [[Carbon offset|offsets]] and predicts to meet the goal by 2026 (the former goal was by 2020 but [[COVID-19]] requirements delayed this).<ref name="Princeton-Sustain-2021">{{cite web|title=Reduce Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Net Zero|url=https://sustain.princeton.edu/sustainability-action-plan/ghg-emissions|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315213917/https://sustain.princeton.edu/sustainability-action-plan/ghg-emissions|archive-date=March 15, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|website=Office of Sustainability|publisher=Princeton University|language=en}}</ref> Princeton released its second Sustainability Action Plan in 2019 on [[Earth Day]] with its main goal being reducing campus greenhouse gases to [[Carbon neutrality|net zero]] by 2046 as well as other objectives building on those in the 2008 plan.<ref name="Aronson-2019" /><ref name="Princeton-Sustain-2021" /> In 2021, the university agreed to divest from [[Coal|thermal coal]] and [[Oil sands|tar sand]] segments of the fossil fuel industry and from companies that are involved in climate disinformation after student protest.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Buch|first=Anika|date=June 4, 2021|title=Princeton to divest from some sectors of the fossil fuel industry|work=[[The Daily Princetonian]]|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/06/princeton-university-divestment-decision-reached-net-zero-board-of-trustees|access-date=June 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605193353/https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/06/princeton-university-divestment-decision-reached-net-zero-board-of-trustees|archive-date=June 5, 2021}}</ref> Princeton is a member of the Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium, through which it has committed to best-practice sharing and the ongoing exchange of campus sustainability solutions along with other member institutions.<ref name="Partnerships">{{cite web|title=Partnerships|url=https://sustain.princeton.edu/about/partnerships|access-date=November 17, 2023|publisher=Princeton Office of Sustainability|archive-date=November 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117211212/https://sustain.princeton.edu/about/partnerships|url-status=live}}</ref>

Princeton's Sustainability Action Plan also aims to have zero waste through recycling programs, sustainable purchasing, and behavioral and operational strategies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reduce Waste and Expand Sustainable Purchasing|url=https://sustain.princeton.edu/sustainability-action-plan/purchasing-waste|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315232142/https://sustain.princeton.edu/sustainability-action-plan/purchasing-waste|archive-date=March 15, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|website=Office of Sustainability|publisher=Princeton University|language=en}}</ref>