Lehigh Student Team Certifies Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations as a leader in Sustainability
In a ceremony led by Lehigh students, the Mission of Switzerland became the ninth United Nations Mission to be certified by the Greening of the UN Missions program. Of those Missions certified, Switzerland is one of only three to achieve Platinum, the highest level.
Greening of the UN Missions is a collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Lehigh University, which began in 2018. Building on Lehigh’s relationship with the United Nations, which dates back to 2004, Lehigh is the only university in the world to work with the UNEP in this capacity. During the certification process, Lehigh’s student team works as a consulting group to help United Nations Missions become more sustainable, assisting them in fulfilling aspects of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).