Overview
The University applies responsible consumption and production across its procurement, its waste and its day-to-day operations.
The University pursues this goal across its teaching, its scientific research, its campus operations and its service to the community. The sections below set out how it delivers the goal, the activities held during the year, the research its academics published, and the policies that underpin its commitment.
How the University delivers this goal
- Separates and recycles waste at source across its campus.
- Applies a sustainable and ethical procurement policy favouring responsible suppliers.
- Manages hazardous laboratory and clinical waste under Egyptian environmental law.
- Pursues plastic- and disposable-reduction practices.
- Publishes its sustainability commitments and progress openly.
Activities in 2023/24
- The University maintained sustainable-procurement practices that favour ethical and responsible suppliers, applying environmental and social criteria to its purchasing alongside cost.
Research & publications in 2023/24
During 2023/24, researchers at Future University in Egypt published 29 Scopus-indexed research outputs that contribute to this goal, across its faculties and research centre. Representative works include:
- Engineering of metal organic framework (MOF) membrane for waste water treatment: Synthesis, applications and future challenges. Shahid, M.U. and 8 more (2024). Journal of Water Process Engineering · cited 156 times.
- Recent trends in wastewater treatment by using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their composites: A critical view-point. Shah, S.S.A. and 11 more (2024). Chemosphere · cited 114 times.
- Forecasting the strength characteristics of concrete incorporating waste foundry sand using advance machine algorithms including deep learning. Alyousef, R. and 6 more (2023). Case Studies in Construction Materials · cited 52 times.
- Performance of lightweight foamed concrete partially replacing cement with industrial and agricultural wastes: Microstructure characteristics, thermal conductivity, and hardened properties. Mydin, M.A.O. and 7 more (2023). Ain Shams Engineering Journal · cited 49 times.
Policies supporting this goal
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