The universities of Oldenburg and Bremen have a long tradition of commitment to sustainability. Now, for the second year in a row, they have been nominated for the German Sustainability Award (DNP).

In cooperation with the German Government, the German Sustainability Award Foundation honours particularly exemplary companies from 100 sectors. 224 expert jurors from research, associations, advisory services, and civil society selected the nominees, which include the University of Oldenburg and the University of Bremen. Successful solutions to the challenges of sustainability exist in all sectors, the foundation stresses on its website, adding that the task now is to make them known to a wider public.

"The close connection between the University of Oldenburg and the University of Bremen has many facets and is constantly being expanded. We are also united by the fact that sustainability is a high priority for us – be it in research, learning and teaching, transfer, or facility management," states University President Prof. Dr. Ralph Bruder.

The University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg collaborate closely in numerous academic projects, for example in the ForWind Center for Wind Energy Research and in two research training groups in the fields of computer science (CAUSE) and medical technology (HEARAZ), which were recently approved by the DFG. In addition, the two universities are jointly submitting an application for the continuation of the Cluster of Excellence "The Ocean Floor – Earth's Uncharted Interface” Excellence Cluster, which is based at MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen. The Cluster is part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

"I am delighted that the University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg, with whom we work closely, have once again been nominated for the German Sustainability Award. We see ourselves as a driving force in the social transformation towards sustainability. The nomination shows that our work for more sustainability is also being so clearly noticed on a national level," says Professor Jutta Günther, President of the University of Bremen.

In addition to the University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg, eight other universities across the country were nominated: the Free University of Berlin, Clausthal University of Technology, the universities of Greifswald, Hamburg, Hohenheim, the Technical University of Munich, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development and Trier University of Applied Sciences

The German Sustainability Award is considered the largest award of its kind in Europe. It has been awarded annually since 2008 by the German Sustainability Award Foundation in cooperation with the German government, municipal umbrella organisations, business associations, civil society organisations and research institutions.