Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Learning for Sustainability
• Sustainable Development
• Social Justice
• Environmental Sustainability
• Economic Sustainability
• Global Citizenship
• Outdoor Learning

Social Achievements

• Increased awareness and integration of Learning for Sustainability across the Scottish education system.

Governance Achievements

• Establishment of a Learning for Sustainability Policy and Stakeholder Network.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Ensuring all learners have access to Learning for Sustainability.
• Embedding Learning for Sustainability in all aspects of education practice.
• Developing a whole-school approach to Learning for Sustainability in every school.
• Making school buildings, grounds, and policies supportive of Learning for Sustainability.
• Establishing a strategic national approach to support Learning for Sustainability.

Mitigation Strategies

• Development and dissemination of a consistent narrative on LfS.
• Development of key performance indicators to measure impact.
• Collaboration with various stakeholders (GTCS, SSSC, Care Inspectorate, CDN, etc.) to embed LfS in professional standards and initial teacher education.
• Creation of a Learning for Sustainability landing page on the National Improvement Hub.
• Commissioning a literature review on the impact of LfS on educational outcomes.
• Explicitly referencing LfS in the Learning Estate Strategy and other relevant documents.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Sustainable Development Goals

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• All 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals

LfS supports the development of knowledge, skills and values at the heart of the curriculum’s four capacities and provides a mechanism for promoting and working towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.