The Network aims to improve the framework conditions for sustainability at and with Bavarian higher education institutions. Mission: 1. The Network raises awareness and motivates, by encouraging academic debate about the grand challenges of society and sharpening the understanding of sustainability in the context of higher education and across all faculties. 2. The Network connects people and organisations by offering a platform for exchange of knowledge, methods and good practice examples as well as by initiating and supporting subject-specific working groups. 3. The Network creates transparency by informing about current developments and activities connected to sustainability at Bavarian higher education institutions. 4. The Network advises by providing higher education institutions and policy makers with recommendations for action and supporting them with the implementation of sustainability.