The following presentation provides an overview of UBC's 2013/2014 sustainability achievements and the 20-year Sustainability Strategy.

1. Annual Sustainability Report
2013/14
Dr. John Robinson
Associate Provost, Sustainability

2. - President Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University
- President John Leroy Hennessy, Stanford University
- President Peter Salovey, Yale University
[Sustainability] is a problem in which the discovery and dissemination
of knowledge will play a critical role. And it is a problem that must
be faced … in ways that universities are uniquely suited to model.
…we have a responsibility to promote sustainability for our
planet. Our goal is to lead the way—through research,
educational programs and campus operations.
We have a responsibility to future generations to ensure that
sustainable practices are at the heart of our university.
A Higher Education Imperative

3. 20+ Years of Achievement
Signs the
international
Tailloires
Declaration
1990 1998
Canada's first
university to
adopt a
sustainable
development
policy
20092007
2010
Meets Kyoto
Protocol
GHG
reduction
targets
Integrates
sustainability as
core pillar in
UBC’s strategic
plan
Sets bold
targets to
reduce GHG
emissions
2011
Receives
Canada’s first
Gold rating in
STARS
Develops
Sustainability
Academic
Strategy
2009
Establishes
sustainability
office at
UBC’s
Okanagan
campus
First Canadian
university to
open a
Campus
Sustainability
Office
1996
2013
CIRS
awarded
LEED
Platinum

4. Structure of the Report

5. Teaching, Learning and Research
5
RESEARCH WORKING
GROUPS AT OKANAGAN
500+
SUSTAINABILITY
RELATED COURSES
40+
SUSTAINABILITY
RELATED ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS
USI FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
PATHWAY
SPOTLIGHT GRANTS
GREENEST CITY
INTERNSHIPS

6. Campus as a Living Lab
5
OPERATIONAL
PROJECTS
896
STUDENTS, FACULTY AND
STAFF ENGAGED THROUGH
SEEDS PROGRAM
3
PILOT PROJECTS
AT OKANAGAN
BIOENERGY RESEARCH
AND DEMONSTRATION
FACILITY
CENTRE FOR
INTERACTIVE RESEARCH
ON SUSTAINABILITY
OKANAGAN REGION
AS A LIVING LAB

7. Operations and Infrastructure
ZERO WASTE ACTION PLAN
INTEGRATED STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN
CLIMATE ACTION PROJECTS
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
BUILDINGS
14%
REDUCTION IN
ABSOLUTE GHG
EMISSIONS SINCE 2007
61%
OVERALL WASTE
DIVERSION RATE
8%
REDUCTION IN GHG
EMISSIONS PER STUDENT
SINCE 2007
VANCOUVER CAMPUS OKANAGAN CAMPUS

8. Community
PONDEROSA COMMONS
HIGH-QUALITY AMENITIES
HOUSING ACTION PLAN
TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING
STUDENT BEDS AT
VANCOUVER
CAMPUS INCREASED
TO 10,041
71%
OF VANCOUVER TRIPS
USE SUSTAINABLE
MODES OF TRANSPORT
54%
OF OKANAGAN TRIPS
USE SUSTAINABLE
MODES OF TRANSPORT

9. Communications and Engagement
SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAMS IN
RESIDENCES, OFFICES
AND LABS
SUSTAINABILITY COUNCILS
MEMORANDUMS OF
UNDERSTANDING
RIPPLE EFFECT UBC
3,000+
STUDENTS ENGAGED
IN RESIDENCES
9+
NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
200+
RESEARCHERS
ENGAGED

10. 2014/15 Key Priorities
• Continue engaging students and faculty in innovative
sustainability teaching, learning and research
• Advance operational activities that support the academic
mission and enable us to meet our sustainability targets
• Continue developing a sustainable community at an urban
neighbourhood scale
• Support the wellbeing initiative and social sustainability
• Develop a network of higher education, sustainability leaders
that influence change globally

11. NEXT
GENERATION
SUSTAINABILITY
AT UBC
Teaching,
Learning and
Research
Operations
and
Infrastructure
UBC
Community

12. Goal
To simultaneously increase human and environmental wellbeing.
Questions
For what processes? At what scale?
What is the role of universities?
Overview

13. Engagement Process
5 FACULTY 4 STUDENTS
4 STAFF 6 COMMUNITY
PARTNERS
STEERING COMMITTEE
Process
Initiation Engagement Completion of
Strategy

14. Engagement Summary
2,000+
ENGAGED

15. Musqueam Acknowledgement
Strategy developed in the spirit of respectful collaboration with the
Musqueam First Nation.

16. At UBC's Vancouver campus, sustainability means simultaneous improvements
in human and environmental wellbeing, not just reductions in damage or
harm. By 2035, such regenerative sustainability is embedded across the
University throughout teaching, learning, research, partnerships, operations
and infrastructure, and the UBC community. UBC is a vibrant, healthy and
resilient community, deeply engaged with its neighbours, surrounding region,
partners around the world, and in a supportive and mutually respectful
relationship with the Musqueam people.
Vision

17. Teaching, Learning and Research
• Sustainability learning pathways
• Preferred destination for students
• Sustainability research and scholarship excellence

18. Operations and Infrastructure
• Sustainability lens
• Integrated campus-scale systems
• Regenerative, net-positive sustainability

19. Community
• Affordable and diverse housing
• Wellbeing and social sustainability
• Sustainable live-work-learn community
• Integrated and sustainable food systems

20. Next Steps
• Advance innovative and globally significant sustainability curriculum
• Research and disseminate knowledge that impacts sustainability practices
• Develop an international network of higher education sustainability leaders
• Model simultaneous improvements in human and environmental wellbeing
• Continue our global leadership in sustainability