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Systems Lens to Increase Sustainable Procurement Success: Co-creating Insights to Bolster Employee […]
Procurement accounts for 92% of an organization’s total climate emissions and has significant human rights impacts throughout the supply chain. Sustainable procurement should be part of every organization’s carbon mitigation and social justice strategy. Employees are critical to the success of these strategies as they are on the front lines making decisions about what to […]

Research and action for a more just and sustainable world
The Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE) is American University’s umbrella for environmental work across the AU community. We are committed to cultivating trans-disciplinary work that focuses on the interrelations among the environment, community, and equity. Building on the university’s long-standing strengths in social justice and environmental protection, CECE is forging new paths for addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
CECE’s work is organized under four main themes:

Our Experts
CECE is home to a wide range of experts from across the AU community.
CECE is currently supported through grants from the following:





