Green campus within the framework of corporate social responsibility and sustainability: The case of Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University

Some concepts such as corporate social responsibility, sustainability and green campus have become important as a result of the start of industrial revolutions, increase in world population and decrease in natural resources. Corporate social responsibility has become a concept that businesses should give importance to ensure continuity in the globalising world and to be in a leading position in the global market. The concept of corporate social responsibility has made it important for organisations to engage in social, economic, environmental and psychological capital activities for the development of societies along with profitability. Sustainability has developed and become important with the concept of corporate social responsibility. It is a concept that aims to spread social welfare to the base, to use resources more efficiently, to provide a livable life for future generations and to target activities that provide the most output with the least input. In order for the concept of sustainability to be adopted and implemented by all countries, the 2030 sustainable development goals were established by the United Nations and adopted in 2015. The aim of these goals is to create a vision of sustainability and to ensure that plans are made for the implementation of the goals, especially in developing countries. Sustainability development aims to develop the psychological, environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability as a whole. Along with sustainability and sustainable development, another value concept that has increased in importance and has been the subject of research in recent years, especially in articles and thesis studies, is the green campus. Green campus has gained importance with the concepts of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Green campus is the work done to implement sustainable development goals in universities. A rating system has been established by the University of Indonesia. The aim here is to be international for all world universities and therefore, the work to be done on sustainability issues is of great importance, as well as to raise global awareness about environmental awareness. In this study, in addition to investigating the perceptions of the employees of Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University in line with 'Sustainability' and 'Corporate Social Responsibility', it is aimed to create awareness of the concept of 'Green Campus' and to increase their sensitivity towards environmental awareness. As a result of the research, it has been observed that the university staff have high awareness of the green campus, they have high environmental awareness, energy-saving devices are used in campus buildings and environmental lighting. In addition, it was determined that the university administration attaches importance to projects related to renewable energy resources, zero waste project is implemented, various studies are carried out to save water, university employees voluntarily participate in social responsibility projects and academic studies on sustainability are carried out. It is thought that this study will contribute to the literature in terms of raising awareness about corporate social responsibility, sustainability, green campus and zero waste in university staff, reducing environmental problems and making the society more environmentally friendly.