The Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD) Global Portal is a tool developed by the International Association of Universities to provide access to actions and initiatives developed at institutions around the world to promote sustainability. It showcases best practices of universities and higher education institutions worldwide. Actions include student initiatives, Living Labs, Green Campuses, faculties engaged in sustainable development, and leadership initiatives.

The portal presents the IAU’s strategy to support sustainable development in higher education, reports on all IAU activities in the the field, provides useful resources about sustainable development in higher education and maps more than 1000 inspiring initiatives for the SDGs implemented by higher education institutions and organisations.