Kristina von Oelreich, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

1. KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Management System- a tool for integrating the
SDG:s into the management of the education and
research processes.
Kristina von Oelreich, Sustainability Manager KTH 2019-09-12

2. KTH shall be a leading technical university in sustainable development
and actively and responsibly contribute to sustainable development through
education, research, collaboration, and by reducing environmental
impacts from KTH:s operations and promoting social responsibility.
KTH- Policy for sustainable development for KTH
Sigbritt Karlsson,
KTH President

3. Sustainable development objectives 2016-2020

4. • The purpose of the routines is to contribute to the UN's global
sustainability goals and to achieve KTH's overall sustainability goals for
education and Research.
• The routines describes:
- KTH's leadership to take sustainable development
in education and research into consideration,
- the education and research processes and
- Indicators that create value for employees and students.
University- Wide Routines for manage Sustainable
Development in education and research

5. • According to Chapter 1, § 5 (1) of the Swedish Higher Education Act,
• §6 for research, the general principles must be that
1. research problems may be freely chosen,
2. research methods may be freely developed and
3. research results may be freely published.
• The Ordinance on Environmental Management in Government Agencies
(2009:907) and the international environmental management standard ISO
14001: 2015.
University - Wide Routines for Sustainable Development in Education
and research

6. Environmental management system – PDCA Cycle a systematic
approach
• Resources
• Processes and
procedures
• Training
• Operational planning
and control
• Monitor
• Evaluate
• Documentation
• Audit
• Policy
• Analys
• Objectives
• Action Plans
• Governance
structure and
leadership
• Mangement
review
• Continual
Improvement
Act Plan
DoCheck

7. • The University Board, the President, the University Director, the Vice
Presidents, the Deans, the Heads of School and the Sustainability
Manager are responsible for ensuring that sustainable development is
taken into account in education and research.
• Responsibility is delegated according to the delegation order of the
President and the Heads of School.
PLAN- Responsibility for the processes and routines for education
and research

8. • The University Board determines a sustainability policy.
• The President makes decisions about overall sustainability goals for
education and research.
• The Sustainability Manager and the Vice President for Sustainable
Development prepare amendments to the sustainability policy and the
sustainability goals for education and research.
PLAN- Sustainability Policy and Sustainability Goals

9. • The President renders decisions within the framework of the KTH
Development Plan (2018-2023) and the annual operational plan.
• The University Director, the Sustainability Manager and the Vice
President for Sustainable Development establish an annual operational
plan for the University Administration.
• Each Head of School determines her/his school’s development plan and
the school's annual action programme.
PLAN- Strategic plan and the annual operational plan

10. • The Sustainability Manager determines processes and routines,
• The Vice President for Sustainable Development establishes indicators by
which to measure and monitor.
• The establishment of routines/processes and indicators are determined
following collaboration with relevant Vice Presidents and the Faculty
Council.
PLAN- Governance structure- routines, processes, and indicators

11. • The President addresses the school's work in connection with the school
dialogue.
• Deans address the results in connection with the quality dialogue with the
Faculty council.
• The Sustainability Manager is responsible for coordinating the overall
work with internal and external environmental audits.
• The auditors follow up the systematic management work by revising the
work.
CHECK- actions plans and audits

12. • With the support of the Sustainability Manager and the Vice President for Sustainable
Development, the Head of School follows up her/his school’s action programme and
determines a new action programme for the following year.
• The Sustainability Manager follows up the overall work on the sustainability goals with the
management review of the President, Vice President for Sustainable Development and
the University Director.
• In collaboration with the Vice President for Sustainable Development, the Sustainability
Manager develops a comprehensive sustainability report and supports schools in their
reporting at the school level.
• The sustainability report is reported to the University Board.
• In the annual report, KTH's environmental and sustainability work is reported to the
Ministry of Education and Research, and a report is filed with the Swedish Environmental
Protection Agency,
ACT- Mangement Review and Reporting

13. DO- Comprehensive education process
External
environment
and
stakeholder
analysis
Develop and
revise
program
and courses
Implement
program
and
courses
Examination
Course and
program
analysis
Evaluate and
improve
program and
courses
Below is an overview of how the education process can be described in a
comprehensive manner and in which sustainable development should be taken into
account.

14. • Number of environment/sustainability-marked courses (undergraduate, graduate
and postgraduate level).
• Number of students registered with a grade in environment/sustainability-marked
courses.
• Number of education programmes with a primary focus on the environment
and/or sustainability, measured via keywords in the programme title.
• Number of teachers in the pedagogical course “Learning for Sustainable
Development”.
• Number of student theses (degree projects in Diva) with a focus on sustainable
development/total number of degree projects at the graduate level.
• Questions in the mid-year survey and career survey.
• Number of faculty positions (professors) with a sustainability focus in their
subject area.
Indicators- Education

15. DO- Comprehensive research process
Formulate
ideas
External
environment
and
stakeholder
analysis
Finance
the
research
Collaborate
with
external
actors
Conduct
the
research
Publish the
research
Disseminate,
Follow Up,
and Evaluate
Below is an overview of how the research process can be described in a
comprehensive manner and in which sustainable development should be taken into
account.

16. • Number of scientific publications in the area of sustainable development.
• Normalised degree of citation in the field of sustainable development.
• Number of authors who published works in the field of sustainable development.
• Number of faculty positions (professors) with a sustainability focus in their subject
area.
• Number of published faculty positions (assistant professors, professors, and associate
professors) with a sustainability focus in their subject area or subject description.
• Total external funds that come from certain Swedish financiers with a sustainable
development focus.
• Rankings within the field of environment and sustainable development, such as NTU
Environment/Ecology, ARWU Environmental Science & Engineering, Times Higher
Education University Impact Ranking, and the Swedish Environmental Protection
Agency’s ranking of the environmental management work of Swedish government
authorities.
Indicators- Research

17. • Sustainable development be taken into account in the education and
research process.
• Overview of where in the education and research process it is relevant to
take sustainable development into account.
• Create a basis for discussions about improving the integration of
sustainable development in the education and research.
• Gain a better understanding of the indicators for monitoring, evaluating,
and reporting on the work
The purpose of describing KTH's education and research
processes and indicators

18. Thanks for your attention
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