Editing University of Waterloo (section)

=== Sustainability ===
Sustainability initiatives are divided between several departmental offices at the university, with the university's plant operations charged with their implementation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/green-it/node/22#UW|title=Green it up On-campus initiatives|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=14 August 2012|date=19 March 2012|archive-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806024833/https://uwaterloo.ca/green-it/node/22#UW|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to 2005, the management of sustainability efforts was conducted by the university's waste management coordinator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/props/?module=displaystory&story_id=3182&format=html&edition_id=82|title=Office of Sustainability Initiative Underway|publisher=The Iron Warrior|access-date=14 August 2012|date=26 September 2007|last=Fortmueller|first=Chris|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216010603/http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/props/?module=displaystory&story_id=3182&format=html&edition_id=82|archive-date=16 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university's sustainability initiatives are solely institution-specific, as it has not signed any national or international sustainability declaration.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wright|first=Tarah S. A.|title=Definitions and Frameworks for Environmental Sustainability in Higher Education|journal=Higher Education Policy|volume=15|issue=2|date=2 April 2002|pages=105–120|doi=10.1016/S0952-8733(02)00002-8|s2cid=154815809}}</ref> However, the university, along with the other members from the [[Council of Ontario Universities]], signed a pledge in 2009 known as ''Ontario Universities Committed to a Greener World'', with the objective of transforming its campus into a model of environmental responsibility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cou.on.ca/news/commentary---events/events/events-pdfs/committed-to-a-greener-world---a-pledge-from-execu|title=Ontario Universities Committed to a Greener World|publisher=Council of Ontario Universities|date=November 2009|access-date=14 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209211632/http://cou.on.ca/news/commentary---events/events/events-pdfs/committed-to-a-greener-world---a-pledge-from-execu|archive-date=9 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development placed first in Canada in the [[Corporate Knights]] 2011 ranking for undergraduate business programs incorporating sustainability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corporateknights.com/article/corporate-knights-releases-its-2011-business-knight-schools-survey?page=2|title=Corporate Knights releases its 2011 Business Knight Schools Survey|work=Corporate Knights|publisher=Corporate Knights Inc.|date=26 September 2011|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> The university campus received a C+ grade from the Sustainable Endowments Institute on its College Sustainability Report Card for 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-waterloo|title=University of Waterloo – Green Report Card 2011|publisher=Sustainable Endowments Institute|year=2011|access-date=14 March 2012|archive-date=23 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123183405/http://greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-waterloo|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, the University of Waterloo was ranked 99th in the world, and 15th in Canada in ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' University Impact Rankings, a ranking that evaluated 1,115 universities from 94 countries/regions against the [[United Nations]]’ [[Sustainable Development Goals]]. A dramatic drop from 2020's ranking of 16th in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Impact Rankings 2021 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined |website=Times Higher Education |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

Waterloo's Institute for Nanotechnology is Canada's largest nanotechnology institute committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-05-09|title=Home|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-nanotechnology/home|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology}}</ref>