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Sustainability goals and reporting in 2023

Goals set for our activities

In 2023, we updated our sustainability goals based on our experiences and lessons learned. The updated goals are highlighted in Italics (in blue below).

Sustainability area and responsible partyGoalsIndicators
Responsible research
  • Our research supports the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Ethical reviews in natural sciences for experimental research are put into practice.
  • Each year, we publish 1) eight synthesis reports integrating our research findings; and 2) eight policy briefs for decision-makers.
  • We have issued several ethical review statements, especially for Luke’s experimental research projects, by the end of the strategy period.
Environmental responsibility
  • An environmental management system is developed and deployed, covering Luke as a whole.
  • Planned measures pertaining to the environmental system are part of units’ activities by the end of the strategy period.
  • The total carbon footprint decreases by the end of the strategy period.
     
Social responsibiity
  • A thriving working community: Luke’s wellbeing programme increases the personnel’s wellbeing at work by developing the working culture.
  • Students and professionals see Luke as an attractive employer.
  • Job satisfaction and supervisor indices remain high (VMBaro).
  • Luke maintains its first place in Universum’s survey results for students and professionals.
Economic responsibility
  • Increases in external funding ensure a sustainable financial base.
  • Luke is engaged in sustainable and responsible procurement.
  • Our customer satisfaction remains high.
  • Our activities support regional wellbeing.
  • External funding and EU funding in particular increase. We also monitor the rate of successful EU applications.
  • Sustainability and the environment are addressed in procurement guidelines and plans, bidding processes and implementation.
  • Customer satisfaction: NPS >50
  • Funds allocated to regional projects increase.
     

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals relevant for Luke

In 2021, we identified five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are most relevant in our activities. In sustainability reporting, we describe how our activities can contribute to achieving these goals.

2 Zero Hunger, 12 Responsible consumption and production, 13 Climate action, 14 Life below water, 15 Life on land

As a research and specialist organisation, we can, above all, have an impact on the selected SDGs by providing reliable information and research-based solutions. We measure our progress in the five selected SDGs through the number of research publications and the proportion of open access publications.

We also monitor the number of synthesis reports that integrate research activities, as well as the number of policy briefs linked to each SDG. Policy briefs address current themes in a concise and well-founded manner to help decision-makers make decisions based on research data.

To identify publications that promote the selected SDGs, the Bergen topic-approach (BTA) queries, developed at the University of Bergen, are used. Queries are run to identify the number of scientific peer-reviewed publications linked to each of the five SDGs and the proportion of these publications that are openly accessible. In the query-based method, publications are identified by searching for the terms used in the query or in the sub-goals or indicators of each SDG in publication titles, keywords and abstracts. The BTA queries were updated in November 2023. These queries updated in 2023 have been used in reporting.