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Sustainability

USU is committed to a sustainable future, ensuring best practices are embedded into everything we provide, from our events and cafes to our student programs and facilities.

See our Sustainability Plan

Here's what we're doing so far

Initiatives on campus

  • We provide and manage FoodHub, located on Level 3 of the Wentworth building, to support our student community with the cost of living crisis by providing free groceries and other essential items

  • Introduced Refilled to USYD campus - a sustainable beverage ecosystem that eliminates single-use plastic bottles

  • Developed a sustainable USYD apparel range with each garment made from 30 plastic bottles available in USYD Store online and on campus, plus all our USYD hoodies are 100% Ethical Australia sourced

  • We provide a container deposit scheme in four key buildings to capture bottles and cans for recycling

  • We are committed to the USYD Plastic Free Campus initiative and are working to phase out single-use plastics in our retail venues

  • We have committed to City of Sydney’s Zero Waste Single Use Plastic Pledge and Love Food Sydney project

  • We have introduced a community recycling collection hub on Level 2 of the Wentworth building

Sustainable practices at our venues

  • Supplied by Vittoria Coffee, our coffee is Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade certified, with $1 from every bag sold going directly to OzHarvest

  • All USU venues, including the USU Food Truck, use BioPak, Bioway and Enviroware compostable tableware and packaging, which includes the elimination of the use of plastic straws

  • We offer a 50-cent discount when you BYO bowl at Courtyard, Abercrombie and Carslaw

  • Our bars operate with zero plastic and provide a reusable cup deposit system using bettercup

  • We have introduced a coffee ground reuse program at our venues

  • We have eliminated 80% of plastic bottle waste in our venues with the use of The Juggler milk tap system

  • Our USU Food Truck always provides a minimum of 20% plant-based food options and will always seek to provide options for Halal and gluten free dietary requirements

Event policies

  • All ticketed events run on campus through our Clubs & Societies program are sold via Humanitix

  • We have a full ban on balloons at festival events

2025 Annual Report
Strategy on a Page
Reconciliation Action Plan
Governance

USU acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, upon whose stolen land which we operate, gather as employees and live. We recognise this land was never terra nullius — the land belonging to these peoples was never ceded, given up, bought or sold. We pay our respects to Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging, and we extend this acknowledgement to any other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Transition to USU Ltd
From 1 April 2026, USyd Student Union Ltd (ABN 52 688 637 818) became the organisation running the services, programs and activities previously operated by the University of Sydney Union (ABN 73 818 179 759). As part of the transition, existing USU membership benefits will continue to be recognised until 30 June 2026 in line with the transition arrangements. USU Rewards benefits will continue only for members who join USU Ltd. Membership of USU Ltd is separate and only takes effect in accordance with the USU Ltd constitution.

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