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Table 1

Coding scheme

ES disclosure categories	Category description	Literature references	Keywords (per ES disclosure categories)
Environmental sustainability (ES)	Overall approach, policy or vision toward ES	Barros et al. (2020)	“environmental sustainability”; “sustainability”/“responsibility” (associated with the environment in the same statement); “environmental impact”; “environment”; “environmental policy/policies”
Energy	Energy resource management (e.g. electricity consumption reduction; energy consumption management, energy-saving behaviors; use of renewable sources, energy and sustainable buildings)	Bulunga and Thondhlana (2018), Barros et al. (2020)	“energy” (used both as a noun and as an adjective in the Italian language); “electricity”; “renewable”; “buildings”
Water	Water resource management (e.g. water consumption and pollution reduction; deployment of rainwater harvesting systems; water dispensers)	Egan (2014), Barros et al. (2020)	“water” (including its synonym in the Italian language)
Green	Green campus initiatives/practices (e.g. green curricula, green heritage and spaces, green purchasing initiatives, etc.)	Anthony Jnr (2021)	“green” (in both English and Italian)
Waste	Resource and waste management (e.g. waste generation reduction, including food-related waste and packaging; encouragement of resource recovery and recycling; promotion of plastic waste recycling; implementation of waste disposal strategies and separate collection of recyclable waste material)	Barros et al. (2020), Nolasco et al. (2020)	“waste”; “separate collection”; “disposal”; “recycling”; “circular economy”
Mobility	Transportation management, i.e. implementation of sustainable mobility initiatives (e.g. encouraging public transport, cycling and eco-friendly vehicles)	Barros et al. (2020), Baig et al. (2022)	“mobility”/“sustainable mobility”; “transportation”
Carbon emissions	Contribution to a zero-carbon society building to address climate change (e.g. greenhouse gas/carbon emissions reduction; carbon footprint assessment)	Saha et al. (2021)	“emissions”; “carbon”/“gas”; “climate change”
Biodiversity	Biodiversity research, conservation, and education	Liu et al. (2021)	“biodiversity” (in both English and Italian)
Dematerialization	Dematerialization of processes or administrative procedures for paper consumption reduction	Chowdhury (2012)	“dematerialization”/“dematerialized”; “paper”

ES disclosure categories	Category description	Literature references	Keywords (per ES disclosure categories)
Environmental sustainability (ES)	Overall approach, policy or vision toward ES	Barros et al. (2020)	“environmental sustainability”; “sustainability”/“responsibility” (associated with the environment in the same statement); “environmental impact”; “environment”; “environmental policy/policies”
Energy	Energy resource management (e.g. electricity consumption reduction; energy consumption management, energy-saving behaviors; use of renewable sources, energy and sustainable buildings)	Bulunga and Thondhlana (2018), Barros et al. (2020)	“energy” (used both as a noun and as an adjective in the Italian language); “electricity”; “renewable”; “buildings”
Water	Water resource management (e.g. water consumption and pollution reduction; deployment of rainwater harvesting systems; water dispensers)	Egan (2014), Barros et al. (2020)	“water” (including its synonym in the Italian language)
Green	Green campus initiatives/practices (e.g. green curricula, green heritage and spaces, green purchasing initiatives, etc.)	Anthony Jnr (2021)	“green” (in both English and Italian)
Waste	Resource and waste management (e.g. waste generation reduction, including food-related waste and packaging; encouragement of resource recovery and recycling; promotion of plastic waste recycling; implementation of waste disposal strategies and separate collection of recyclable waste material)	Barros et al. (2020), Nolasco et al. (2020)	“waste”; “separate collection”; “disposal”; “recycling”; “circular economy”
Mobility	Transportation management, i.e. implementation of sustainable mobility initiatives (e.g. encouraging public transport, cycling and eco-friendly vehicles)	Barros et al. (2020), Baig et al. (2022)	“mobility”/“sustainable mobility”; “transportation”
Carbon emissions	Contribution to a zero-carbon society building to address climate change (e.g. greenhouse gas/carbon emissions reduction; carbon footprint assessment)	Saha et al. (2021)	“emissions”; “carbon”/“gas”; “climate change”
Biodiversity	Biodiversity research, conservation, and education	Liu et al. (2021)	“biodiversity” (in both English and Italian)
Dematerialization	Dematerialization of processes or administrative procedures for paper consumption reduction	Chowdhury (2012)	“dematerialization”/“dematerialized”; “paper”

Source(s): Authors’ own work