ECAM is committed to a sustainable future

As an institution that trains future engineers, ECAM is aware of its societal role in the transition to a more sustainable world.

To this end, ECAM is revising its programmes to incorporate the knowledge and skills needed to meet the challenges of sustainable development, whatever the students' field of specialisation.

Meeting the challenges of the transition

Future engineers will acquire in-depth knowledge and skills to meet the many challenges of the transition.

By understanding the impact of climate change, social inequalities, the collapse of biodiversity and the depletion of natural resources, our students will learn to design solutions that are fair and respectful of the environment.

Key skills

To meet these challenges, our engineers are developing essential skills, including :

• • • Systemic understanding: analysing problems as a whole.
    • Impact of solutions: assessing the effectiveness of proposals.
    • inputs and processes: environmentally-friendly solutions.
    • Other skills: creativity, critical thinking and scientific rigour are key elements throughout their training.

Concrete actions

ECAM is actively involved in the transition :

• • • Building's carbon footprint: Sustainable Development unit measures our ecological footprint in order to achieve the ‘0 carbon’ objective.
    • Raising and training: teachers and administrative staff are already taking part in workshops and conferences on climate and transition.
    • Rentrée de la transition : en septembre, les étudiant·es participent à un atelier et une conférence sur une thématique liée à la transition et sont invités à rejoindre Move, le collectif d’étudiant·es pour la transition.
    • Tables rondes : depuis la rentrée 2024, avec l’aide de partenaires industriels, les enseignant·es identifient et travaillent à l’intégration dans les programmes des compétences et acquis d’apprentissage nécessaires pour relever activement les défis de la transition. Cette démarche bénéficie d’un coup de pouce de la Loterie Nationale.

As a higher education institution concerned that its practices are aligned with the social, environmental, cultural and economic challenges of these 17 SDGs, ECAM is working to integrate gender issues into its sustainability policy.