Environmental Sustainability of the Higher Education Institution, Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander In Colombia, from the Sustainable Development Goals.

Abstract

The current conditions of sustainability within the Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander®  (UTS) are studied, based on an analysis that measures the level of contribution to goals in some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), this type of measurement allows the institution to identify those scenarios in which the articulation actions still They are in force and the proper functioning of these, which are not a strength in the UTS, also establishes a reference point for the improvement that the development of its mission as professional training has as a framework for action. For this, information on the normal operation of the UTS was initially compiled. The data was also collected through the application of field instruments to the different actors of the Uteista community, the information was processed and contrasted with the objectives of the SDGs. The results indicate that there are some advances in the actions of the UTS in terms of sustainability, reflected in the environmental aspects, as a result of the role played by the programs in this area of knowledge, the articulation achieved with other training offers, in the management At the level, the ownership of the guidelines Sustainability is also a great contribution, however, there are still significant challenges to achieve a greater impact of the institution in external scenarios in terms of sustainability.