PROCESS OF GREEN TRANSFORMATION IN HEI

Abstract

The article examines the process of managing the green transformation in HEI and defines the elements of green management: goals, criteria, resources, opportunities, and obstacles to achieving the SDG. The World Green University Ranking 2024 ranks universities based on six key principles: green education, including leadership, curriculum, innovation,  infrastructure, human capital and community partnerships. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, is the leader in the ranking, the University of California, Berkeley, USA, is in second place the Imperial College of London, Great Britain, is in third place; on the fourth – University of Toronto, Canada; on 5 – Harvard University, USA. The main goal of supporting green  transformation in the above-mentioned universities is to promote low-carbon production methods, that protect natural resources and meet the circular economy approach, achieve climate and sustainable development goals, and improve resource use efficiency. HEIs have the potential to stimulate the green transition through education, research, and the dissemination of best practices to achieve the SDGs. It was determined that the factors of green transformation at the organizational, local and national levels influence the formation of ways of transition to sustainability. The study used a descriptive methodology based on a review of the relevant literature, to obtain information on the management of green transformation and the transition to  sustainable development; a statistical methodology for collecting data on the impact of green transition practices on sustainable development in universities. The process of green transformation in HEI is an activity that takes one or more inputs, transforms and adds value to them, and provides results for the achievement of the SDGs. Resources for green transformation  in HEIs: transformed resources are those that have been transformed and are the results of the green transition; transformative resources – those used to implement the green transformation process. Green transformation processes include: changes in physical characteristics; resource changes; changes in ownership of materials or information; storage or placement of resources; changes in the purpose or form of resources. The green transformation of HEIs is consistent with the goals and can be aimed at changing organizational processes, educational processes, research processes to make them moreflexible, adaptive and efficient, in line with the SDGs. The results of the study will contribute to the effective green transformation in higher education institutions, the formation of a green transformation strategy.