On 14 August 2025, the “Food Upcycling and Food Pickling” activity was held at the St. Aloysius de Gonzaga Building, Saint Louis University Basic Education School-Laboratory Elementary Department (SLU BEdS – LED). It served as the culmination for Nutrition Month for grades 4-6, becoming a milestone in educational outreach.
On 1 August 2025, YCE joined Smart Communications, Inc., Saint Louis University (SLU), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – EMB-CAR, and the City Government of Baguio in the launch of a Sustainability Campaign aimed at raising awareness on the harmful effects of hazardous electronic waste and the importance of adopting eco-friendly disposal habits.
On 8 August 2025, twenty eager members of the Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) Club at Fort Del Pilar National High School swapped textbooks for cutting boards in a hands-on demo titled “Slice, Spice, and Skill-Up: Upcycling Vegetables, Empowering Learners.”
In line with its Sustainable Advocacies through Vendor-Supplier Engagement (SAVE) Program, Saint Louis University (SLU) conducted the second Suppliers Summit held at the Fr. Francis Gevers Hall, Diego Silang Building, SLU Main Campus, on 6 August 2025.
Saint Louis University continues to demonstrate its commitment to environmental sustainability, community engagement, and innovative learning through its ongoing Hydroponics Initiative, a program that combines service learning with hands-on agricultural technology for the betterment of local communities.
Rev. Fr. Gilbert B. Sales, CICM, PhD, President of Saint Louis University (SLU), has joined the distinguished group of global education leaders as a signatory to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Accord, underscoring the university’s commitment to advancing the United Nations SDGs through education, research, and institutional leadership.
Saint Louis University’s food upcycling booth at Baguio City’s 9th Ecological Solid Waste Management Sustainability Fair highlighted their commitment to eco-friendly food systems, contributing to the city’s broader push for sustainable resource management.
Saint Louis University (SLU), through the University Research and Innovation Center (UnRIC), hosts the “‘Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting and Workshop” as part of the Flemish Interuniversities Council University Development Co-operation or Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad Universitaire Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (VLIR UOS)-funded project, “From Trash to Treasure: Paving Pathways for Food Upcycling to Curb Post-Harvest Losses in the Vegetable Supply Chain of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines.” This project is being implemented in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of Ghent University in Belgium.
Saint Louis University (SLU), in partnership with Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), City Government of Baguio, and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources- Environmental Management Bureau- Cordillera Administrative Region (DENR-EMB-CAR), once again demonstrated its progressive environmental movement during the launch of the Electronic Waste Management Campaign marked by the rollout of the electronic waste (e-waste) bin on 27 February 2025 at Diego Silang Bldg, SLU Main Campus.
Saint Louis University (SLU) has achieved significant advancement in the 2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings released on 12 December 2024, ranking 464th out of 1,477 higher education institutions (HEIs) across 95 countries worldwide. As it can be recalled, last year, SLU ranked 658th.