The administrative leadership of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University including the board of trustees and president, has set a strategic goal of developing and implementing a sustainability strategy. The Sustainability Committee and Sub-committees aim to improve collaboration throughout the governance structure, give direction, and develop high-level organizational change initiatives necessary to continue advancing towards a sustainable university and achieving goals stated in the Sustainability Plan. They will give feedback, assess institutional plans, objectives, and targets, and create a sustainability strategy for senior leadership approval. This includes developing and managing annual and multi-year sustainability plans for community engagement and services, recommending how sustainability should be integrated into institutional plans, advising on a change framework, tracking and evaluating progress, and advocating for the institutional integration of sustainability principles and ongoing initiatives into all aspects of university operations.