3. Our sustainability programme

At the request of Radboud university medical center and Radboud University, Sustainalize conducted a ‘materiality analysis’. This was done to gain insight into the topics that – based on expert research and according to our stakeholders – are important to tackle first in the joint sustainability policy for 2021–2025. This analysis resulted in 11 material themes for Radboud University:

A survey of internal management and external and internal stakeholders was used to prioritise these themes. The stakeholder groups were also invited to a stakeholder dialogue to discuss the outcomes in more detail. This provided an understanding of the underlying expectations and needs.

All 11 themes are included in the sustainability programme and are linked to objectives and activities. Which themes are given priority is decided periodically in consultation with the Executive Board and the Sustainability Programme Board. In addition, a joint implementation programme has been established with Radboud university medical center regarding the material themes.

One goal of the sustainability programme is to report better and more transparently about our impact on social and environmental goals. The way we will operationalise and measure our sustainability goals is still under development.

A sustainability dashboard that will show information for each material theme is expected to be ready in 2022. From then on, this report will include an explanation of the most important goals and our progress in achieving them (quantified where possible). This is in line with the recent European Commission proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

To summarise the attention paid to these sustainability themes in the Annual Report: