 The university's sustainability initiatives are solely institution-specific, as it has not signed any national or international sustainability declaration.However, the university, along with the other members from the Council of Ontario Universities, signed a pledge in 2009 known as "Ontario Universities Committed to a Greener World", with the objective of transforming its campus into a model of environmental responsibility.The university's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development placed first in Canada in the Corporate Knights 2011 ranking for undergraduate business programs incorporating sustainability.