Sustainability

Rundgang 2021 | © Fabian Schober

The creative power of art, culture and research makes a valuable contribution in the transformation process towards a sustainable society. We have launched activities and taken measures within the university and beyond in order to explore ways we can contribute to a more resilient society and to act responsibly and constructively in everything we do.

Sustainability Officer
Maria Kalleitner-Huber
+43 676 88122 457
maria.kalleitner-huber@moz.ac.at

Staff Project Development
Robert Holzner
+43 676 88122 321
robert.holzner@moz.ac.at

What we do

Surveys and analyses in the area of internal resource and energy use form the basis for gradually reducing resource consumption and emissions from university operations over the next few years. The development and establishment of an EMAS environmental management system (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) at the first location is a key instrument in this process.

We are actively working on the structural, content-related and operational implementation of sustainable development at the university. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) form the framework for the development of a sustainability strategy, which is being drawn up by the Working Group on Sustainability with the involvement of the relevant stakeholders.

Activities & cooperation in the context of sustainable development

University operations & resources

  • Establishment of EMAS at the Schrannengasse site with the involvement of the relevant service areas and stakeholders (to be implemented in 2024)
  • Purchase of certified green electricity since 1 January 2025
  • Business travel guidelines for greening business travel, promotion of climate tickets
  • Updating of the first GHG balance sheet 2019 for the reference year 2024
  • Development of a climate neutrality path until 2035
  • Participation in umwelt partner salzburg (2024-2026), focus on energy saving and sustainability communication

News

  • Arts of Change - Change of Arts 2023 | © Michael Klimt
    31.3.2025

    News
  • © Hubert Auer
    14.12.2024
    Youth shapes the future 

    Co-CreART is a four-year project of the Mozarteum University Salzburg, which is funded by the Climate and Energy Fund and was honoured with the Sustainability Award in Gold in November 2024.

    News
  • © Hubert Auer
    13.8.2024
    "Co-CreART. Co-Creating Change!" nominated for the Sustainability Award 2024 

    The combination of artistic-creative and scientific-technical approaches is at the centre of the inter- and transdisciplinary project "Co-CreART. Co-Creating Change" project. Together with children and young people, the CreART Lab will be developed over the next few years, a mobile educational space with various opportunities to engage with innovative ideas and possible solutions on the topics of sustainable building and living as well as climate-friendly mobility. As one of 12 projects out of 182 submissions, "Co-CreART. Co-Creating Change" came out on top in the "Learning" category.

    Press release
  • Co-CreART | © Cati Krüger
    8.4.2024

    Together with children and young people, the inter- and transdisciplinary CreART Lab is being developed in collaboration with partners from the fields of art & culture, science & technology, education & outreach, and in cooperation with regional companies and networks. A mobile experimental space that, in the spirit of the guiding principle "Co-Creating Change!", is intended to inspire, motivate and support children and young people to (co-)create change.

    Research project
  • Rundgang 2021 | © Fabian Schober
    14.6.2023
    Sustainable responsibility 

    As thought leaders of social development, universities are particularly challenged to live up to their pioneering role with regard to sustainable development. A conversation with Maria Kalleitner-Huber, Head of the Department for Sustainability at the Mozarteum University, about potentials and challenges at an (art) university.

    Interview
  • Sustainability Challenge | © RCE Vienna
    7.6.2023
    13. Sustainability Challenge 

    The Sustainability Challenge invites master's and advanced bachelor's students from all fields of study to apply for interdisciplinary courses on sustainability with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals, to gain practical experience and ECTS. They work with companies, ministries or NGOs on concrete sustainability projects from the field, while the theoretical input is provided by lecturers from the seven participating universities.

    News
  • Ausschreibung Junge Kunst 2023 - Kunsthilfe Salzburg | © Kunsthilfe Salzburg
    23.3.2023

    Open Call 2023: "Circle of life - How can we get into the circle of life again? Kunsthilfe Salzburg encourages young artists up to 30 years of age with their main residence in Austria to deal with the most essential issues of our time: Climate, nature and the environment combined with the values of being human.

    Open Call
  • Illustration einer Trompete
    2.12.2022
    Saving energy - achieving more together! 

    In view of the general geopolitical situation, the supply bottlenecks and the impending climate crisis, every opportunity must be taken to reduce our energy consumption. Any savings will help us to better cope with the massive cost increases and to make a joint contribution to climate protection. Please help us! The measures currently implemented or recommended are summarized below - we ask everyone to follow simple energy-saving tips in their everyday work. Thank you!

    News
  • Sustainability Challenge 2022
    2.6.2022
    13. Sustainability Challenge 

    The Sustainability Challenge invites master's and advanced bachelor's students from all fields of study to apply for interdisciplinary courses on sustainability with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals, to gain practical experience and ECTS. They work with companies, ministries or NGOs on concrete sustainability projects from the field, while the theoretical input is provided by lecturers from the seven participating universities.

    News

Sustainability in teaching

The special responsibility of art universities lies in the fact that graduates educated in the spirit of the holistic universitas and their teachers operate in an international professional environment and are therefore predestined to postulate a change in values and thus play a prominent role in initiating and implementing ideas for sustainable development. For this reason, and as a member of the Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria, the strategic anchoring of sustainability remains an important goal. The Mozarteum University therefore fully endorses the uniko manifesto for sustainability.

The Working Group on Education for Sustainable Development of the Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria has developed a continuing education programme on sustainability for university teachers, which invites participation.

Internally, work is underway on an offer to support the integration of sustainability aspects into teaching. An understanding of sustainable development and a common direction are central to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Continuing education opportunities in the field of teaching should support this process.

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