Recognition for our actions in terms of sustainable development and social responsibility

Labels

DD&RS label - Sustainable development and social responsibility label for higher education

On Friday 13 June 2025, Centrale Nantes was awarded the DD&RS label for a period of four years, following a document-based audit concluded by an interview on 29 April 2025.

The sustainable development and social responsibility label for higher education (DD&RS) was created by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), the Conférence des Présidents d'Université (CPU), the Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Ministry for Higher Education and Research and the Réseau des Etudiants pour une société écologique et solidaire (RESES).

It assesses higher education establishments in the following areas:

• strategy and governance
• education and training
• research and innovation
• campus environmental management
• social policy

Rankings

Centrale Nantes well placed in the ranking of engineering schools most committed to transition, compiled by Les Echos START and ChangeNOW

Centrale Nantes was ranked in joint fifth place (alongside Centrale Lyon) in the 2024 ranking.

This independent ranking which was introduced in 2021 is designed to measure and evaluate - over time - the efforts made by schools and universities in terms of ecological and social transition. It is based on 6 criteria:

• integration of impact issues into the curriculum
• strength of the alumni network in the impact sector
• the strategy and exemplarity of the institution
• diversity and equal opportunities
• involvement of student associations in impact issues
• Academic excellence and employability

Centrale Nantes in the world's top 600 - Times Higher Education "Impact Rankings" 2025

Centrale Nantes is ranked in the top 600 worldwide and in 12th place among the French institutions in the ranking.

Centrale Nantes performed well on five goals in particular:

• Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all (SDG 4)
• Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all - top 400 (SDG 8)
• Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation - top 300 (SDG 9)
• Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns - top 400 (SDG 12)
• Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts - top 400 (SDG 13)