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Commitments to action on climate change
In April of 2004, former university president Warren J. Baker signed the Talloires Declaration, committing Cal Poly to a 10 point action plan that incorporates sustainability with this campus through teaching, theory, and practice. The 10 point action plan aims to increase awareness on environmentally sustainable development, create an institutional culture of sustainability, educate for environmentally responsible citizenship, foster environmental literacy for all, practice institutional ecology, involve all stakeholders, collaborate for interdisciplinary approaches, enhance capacity of primary schools, broaden serve and outreach nationally and internationally, and lastly to maintain the movement into the future.

Sustainability
In 2011, Cal Poly participated in the Green Report Card, an international initiative to provide sustainability profiles for colleges in all 50 U.S. states and Canada, for which it received an overall grade of a B+. For a category breakdown, Cal Poly received an A in Administration, A in Climate Change and Energy, B in Food & Recycling, A in Green Building, A in Student Involvement, A in Transportation, A in Endowment Transparency, C in Investment Priorities, and F in Shareholder Engagement.