Net Zero Week

Net Zero Week is a national campaign supporting the UK’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions in the near future and ensuring secure, affordable and sustainable energy for all.

At Coventry University Group, we are proud to contribute to this mission through challenge-led research, transformative education, business engagement and global collaboration.

Expert insights

Explore our expert perspectives on net zero, sustainable innovation and clean growth.

Getting net zero moving

Professor Carl Perrin examines the barriers slowing the UK's net zero transition and the steps needed to pick up the pace.

Teaching sustainable business

Professor Jenna Ward discusses why sustainability is becoming a core skill for graduates and how business education must evolve.

Powering regional electrification

Professor Marcos Kauffman explains why collaboration is essential to help the West Midlands' manufacturing sector achieve electrification and net zero.

Electric vehicle adoption

Professor Rohit Bhagat explores the challenges holding back electric vehicle uptake and how research can support cleaner transport.

Creating clean futures

Discover the latest update on our hugely successful Clean Futures programme below.

Sustainable aluminium manufacturing

We are working with award-winning aluminium foundry Alucast to explore how recycled aluminium can be refined into the high-grade materials needed by sectors including automotive and defence.

Our sustainability journey

Discover how we're embedding sustainability across our estate and operations, teaching and learning and research and enterprise to achieve our own net zero goals and support a greener future at a national and global level.

Solar-powered campus

We are installing 800 solar panels across campus to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our net zero carbon target.

Sustainable development strategy

Embedding sustainability across teaching, learning, research and enterprise to support communities, stimulate economic growth and create better futures

Dr Clive Winters, Pro‑Vice‑Chancellor (Strategy and Governance) at Coventry University, and Ian Parker, Project Director at Bring Energy

Low carbon heat network

Our campus is connected to Coventry's district energy network, cutting city centre emissions by 1,300 tonnes.

Net zero skills

We have highlighted the skills needed to support the West Midlands' transition to a net zero economy, increasing workforce development and clean growth opportunities across the region.