AUTHOR=Fardet Tanguy , Hütten Moritz , Lohmann Sophie , Medawar Evelyn , Milucka Jana , Roesch Jan Harald , Rolfes Julian D. , Schweizer Jakob 

TITLE=Making Science Organizations Sustainable—The Mission of the Max Planck Sustainability Network

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sustainability

VOLUME=1

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainability/articles/10.3389/frsus.2020.567211

DOI=10.3389/frsus.2020.567211

ISSN=2673-4524

ABSTRACT=<p>The Max Planck Sustainability Network (MPSN) is a grassroots network within the Max Planck Society (MPG), with ~370 members from over 60 Max Planck research institutes, aiming to support sustainability within a German science association committed to fundamental research. The MPSN has adopted the twin goals of making research practices within the overall MPG more sustainable and of supporting local Sustainability Groups in making research practices at their individual institutes more sustainable. The MPSN counts members from diverse backgrounds, regarding both academic field of expertise and roles within the MPG. Its activities focus around Energy, Mobility, Supplies and Waste, Biodiversity and Food, with the ambition to assess impact and expense of each proposed measure. The network's long-term vision is to make research more sustainable and to serve as a role model that inspires other scientific organizations to become sustainable and to optimize the operation of research and administration, which require both individual and structural changes.</p>