INTRODUCTION
UiTM Green Centre (UGC): Integrated Sustainability Reporting Overview
The UiTM Green Centre (UGC) positions sustainability as a measurable, strategic commitment through four interconnected publications and initiatives. Together, they document action, track impact, and communicate UiTM’s role as a leading green university aligned with national and global sustainability agendas.
1. Environmental Sustainability Report
The UGC Environmental Sustainability Report is the university’s primary accountability document. It consolidates data, policies, and outcomes related to environmental management across UiTM campuses. Key areas include energy efficiency, carbon emissions, water management, waste reduction, green procurement, and sustainable campus operations. More than a record of activities, the report demonstrates progress, gaps, and future targets, providing a clear evidence base for decision-makers, auditors, and external stakeholders.
2. Low Carbon City 2030 Challenge (LCC2030)
UGC’s involvement in the Low Carbon City 2030 Challenge reflects UiTM’s commitment to national low-carbon development goals. This initiative focuses on strategic planning and implementation of carbon reduction measures within campus environments. It translates sustainability principles into structured action plans, covering energy transition, mobility, land use, and behavioural change. LCC2030 positions UiTM campuses as living laboratories for low-carbon solutions that are scalable beyond the university setting.
3. LCC2030C – Low Carbon Zone
The LCC2030C Low Carbon Zone zooms in further, designating specific campus zones as pilots for intensive carbon reduction strategies. These zones function as proof-of-concept areas where technologies, policies, and behavioural interventions are tested and measured in real conditions. Performance indicators, emission baselines, and reduction outcomes are documented to demonstrate tangible impact, supporting recognition, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.
4. UGC Newsletter Report
Complementing the formal reports, the UGC Newsletter Report serves as the Centre’s communication and engagement arm. It distils complex sustainability efforts into concise updates, success stories, project highlights, and calls to action. The newsletter builds visibility, encourages participation, and connects staff, students, and partners to ongoing green initiatives, ensuring sustainability remains active, relatable, and community-driven.
Collectively, these four outputs form a coherent sustainability ecosystem: the Environmental Sustainability Report provides evidence, LCC2030 sets direction, LCC2030C proves impact on the ground, and the Newsletter sustains engagement. Together, they reinforce UiTM’s leadership in environmental responsibility and low-carbon transformation.
The Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Environmental Sustainability Report (ESR) reflects the university’s strong institutional commitment to advancing environmental stewardship in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Malaysia’s Low Carbon City Framework. Managed by the UiTM Green Centre (UGC), the ESR is part of UiTM’s Sustainability Agenda and serves as a formal record of its environmental performance across multiple campuses. The 2022 ESR, which marked UiTM Sarawak’s first branch-level report, was structured around five main components based on the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System: Commitment and Policy, Planning, Implementation of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP), Measurement and Evaluation, and Review and Improvement. UiTM also introduced IS-CARE, an integrated sustainability reporting system, and Tree-CAMUS, a digital tree inventory platform for managing species, location, and carbon data. The report highlights various key achievements including the university’s success in the Low Carbon City Challenge 2030, where UiTM Shah Alam and other campuses received the Diamond Award for major carbon emission reductions such as a 45.27 percent reduction in Section 1 and a 68.63 percent reduction at the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences. UiTM’s ESR further documents initiatives like rainwater harvesting system expansions, energy efficiency programs, and the No Single Use Plastic (SUP) campaign launched in 2022. These efforts have positioned UiTM among Malaysia’s top institutions in the UI GreenMetric global sustainability rankings, reinforcing its role as a higher education leader in environmental governance, green innovation, and campus-wide sustainable practices.
For more info, click the link to view or download:
ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT (2019)
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT (2020 - 2021)
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT (2021 - 2022)
The UiTM Blueprint Implementation Document details the university’s participation in the LCC2030C initiative through two distinct streams: “Building” and “Low Carbon Zone”. In the Building stream, UiTM targets reductions in operational energy and water consumption, retrofitting existing facilities, adopting passive and active low-carbon design, upgrading lighting and HVAC systems, and integrating renewable energy generation to cut greenhouse gas emissions per building. The document aligns the university’s built environment with national guidelines from the Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation which stipulate four main sectors urban environment, infrastructure, transport and buildings for measurement and intervention. The “Low Carbon Zone” stream designates precincts and zones within the campus or associated areas where collective low-carbon measures apply: shared infrastructure including district cooling or heating, integrated waste reduction and water-use systems, mobility shifts (e-vehicles, active transport), and enhanced greenery to reduce urban-heat island effects. The blueprint sets baseline metrics and data-reporting templates in accordance with the LCC2030C Data File-Zone, emphasises stakeholder engagement from faculties and units at UiTM, and links the performance of both streams to the university’s sustainability governance and the national target under LCC2030C to lower emission intensity by up to 45 % by 2030. UiTM Shah Alam’s Green Centre oversees these activities, the IS-CARE system tracks progress, and the blueprint counts both building-level and zone-level interventions as integral parts of the institution’s low-carbon strategy.
For more info, click the link to view or download:
LOW CARBON CITY 2030 CHALLENGE (LCC2030C) - BUILDING 2021
LOW CARBON CITY 2030 CHALLENGE (LCC2030) -BUILDING 2022
LOW CARBON CITY 2030 CHALLENGE (LCC2030) -BUILDING 2023
LOW CARBON CITY 2030 CHALLENGE (LCC2030C) - LOW CARBON ZONE 2021
LOW CARBON CITY 2030 CHALLENGE (LCC2030) - LOW CARBON ZONE 2022
LOW CARBON CITY 2030 CHALLENGE (LCC2030) - LOW CARBON ZONE 2023
