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Nowadays sustainability represents a challenge that our society has to face. In the society, universities have a particular responsibility to train future leaders to that kind of challenge. 
In this paper, we have identified a way to implement sustainable dynamics at university. A “Green Office” is a platform legitimized by the university that supports sustainability. This platform develops projects with students and staff members towards a more sustainable university.
We try to answer: “What are the steps in process of establishment of a “Green Office”? In order to answer this question, we conducted two analysis. The first one is called “external analysis”. We met 4 people from 4 universities in the Netherlands and in Belgium to understand how the “Green Office” came up to life in their organization. The second one is called “internal analysis”. We met 15 people from ULiège to understand their vision and their needs regarding sustainability. 
Our “external analysis” has highlighted 6 key steps that lead to the establishment of a “Green Office”. Our “internal analysis” has highlighted the necessity of a sustainability vision by the executive board of ULiège and the fact that there is a lake of interconnection between the actors involved in sustainable dynamics. 
At ULiège, there are lots of actors involved in sustainable dynamics but they are not interconnected and their actions are not highlighted.
In consequence, we recommend that ULiège establishes a “Green Office”. This platform will highlight sustainable dynamics by involving students, professors and staff members towards a more sustainable university…

green office --- sustainability --- sustainable --- transition --- organizational change --- contextualism --- institutional work --- legitimacy --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Economie sociale