Climate Action Plan
BGSU has been a proud signatory of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment since October 2012
The Presidents’ Climate Commitment, now known as the Climate Leadership Network, is a document signed by the President of a university, committing the institution to taking action on climate change through a goal of carbon-neutrality.
In February 2015, the Student Green Initiatives Fund & the Division of Finance & Administration partnered to commission a comprehensive, campus-wide study of our university's infrastructure to determine the best opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint & ultimately achieve carbon neutrality. The Climate Action Plan is a fluid document and will be periodically updated and revised.
Greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as Carbon Dioxide & Methane, are emitted into our atmosphere as a result of most human processes. BGSU is carefully keeping track of these emissions, so we are able to accurately reduce them to zero by 2040. BGSU has reduced it's net carbon emissions by 46% between 2009 and 2024.
BGSU Greenhouse Gas Inventory:
(Metric Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)
- 2009 - 118,677.84 MT eCO2
- 2010 - 113,287.32 MT eCO2
- 2011 - 120,576.8 MT eCO2
- 2012 - 115,896.64 MT eCO2
- 2013 - 113,521.52 MT eCO2
- 2014 - 99,137.6 MT eCO2
- 2015 - 103,682 MT eCO2
- 2016 - 95,940 MT eCO2
- 2017- 91,845 MT eCO2
- 2018 - 86,465 MT eCO2
- 2019 - 81,378 MT eCO2
- 2020 - 70,734 MT eCO2
- 2021 - 59,414 MT eCO2
- 2022 - 62,146 MT eCO2
- 2023 - 66,702 MT eCO2
- 2024 - 64,106 MT eCO2
Updated: 07/23/2025 09:35AM