This document appears to be from the EAUC (Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges) and discusses sustainability in universities and colleges. It provides information on EAUC such as the number of member institutions. The vision is for sustainability principles and values to be embedded in the university sector. It discusses the LiFE tool for managing and measuring social and environmental performance across institutions. Finally, it emphasizes that education is key to addressing global challenges and closing the gap between education and catastrophe.

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Is there hope for
sustainability in
universities & colleges?
ISCN, Boston
31st May 2014

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Who We Are
• 232 Universities and
Colleges
• 87 UK and International
sector bodies
• 60 Company Members
• 3339 active contacts

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Our vision is a university
and college sector where
the principles and values of
environmental, economic
and social sustainability are
embedded

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Reasons To
SCREAM

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Global Challenges
– Sir John Beddington, Chief Govt Scientist

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You and Your
University

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“Education is the best weapon to
change the world”
Nelson Mandela

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We need
“Education to prepare students for
the way the world works – not the
work of the world”
Jonathan Porrit

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Your University

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Two
Fundamental
Weaknesses

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Your University

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EAUC Members
Estates
22%
Teaching &
Research
22%
Support Staff
18%
Sustainability
Professional
12%
Finance &
Procurement
10%
ICT
7%
Senior
Management
7%
Student facing
2%

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Manage, Measure and Improve Social and
Environmental Performance
– across the whole university

19. Leadership
and
Governance

20. LiFE has been developed by the sector, for the sector
LiFE can help you wherever you are in your journey
• Early stages
• Need direction
• Well developed
LiFE helps you identify and value what you are already
doing

21. LiFE is NOT a replacement for an EMS or the Green
League but they can feed into LiFE
LiFE goes beyond the scope of these and takes
institutions to the next level
LiFE is more than environment and estates
You can choose which areas to focus on, you don’t
need to do them all at the start
You can choose your own pace
Leadership
and
Governance

22. LiFE is a simple and easy to use tool
LiFE is available for FREE to EAUC Members
Support is available - guidance and resources
Central point to track activity and progress
Leadership
and
Governance

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• Policy and Strategy
• Action Planning
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Measurement
• Communication
• Training and Support
• Implementation
• Link to the Curriculum

24. Leadership
and
Governance
Area Policy and Strategy Action Planning Stakeholder Engagement Measurement
What it
looks like
There is a Policy in place
which is aligned to the
institution’s Sustainability
Strategy and Carbon
Management Plan. Activity is
reviewed on a regular basis.
There are clear reporting lines
into formal institution
management structures.
Action Plans, which
incorporate objectives and
associated targets, drive
activity across the institution.
Relevant stakeholders
actively inform the review of
the Policy and shape its
development. Development
of the Policy emulates or
begins to lead good practice.
The impacts and benefits
of the Policy are routinely
monitored and evaluated
as part of existing
institutional practices.
There is evidence of
continual improvement and
feedback loops.
Evidence
of existing
activity
Biodiversity policy approved
and reviewed annually.
Bioversity concept developed
and embedded. EMS
Management Structure
provides formal links into
sustainability governance
structure and SMT.
Biodiversity SMART targets
agreed. Grounds and
Gardens team plan in place.
Current BAP based on
Bioversity principle of
enhancing biodiversity within
the historical cultural refence
of the World Heritage Site.
Formal Biodiversity Action
Plan (BAP) under
development for WHS based
on phase 1 habitat survey.
Biodiversity Steering Group
with wide staff membership
is active and meets at least 3
times per year. Staff intranet
notices and call for ideas and
bids for funding. Interest
increasing through the
Growing Group initiative.
Annual review of targets
through the Biodiversity
Steering Group and the
EMS internal audit,
however potential impacts
and benefits have not been
identified and are not
routinely considered.
Starting
Score
9 7 7 3
Target
Score
10 10 10 5

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and
Governance
Area Communication Training and Support Implementation Link to the Curriculum
What it
looks like
The Policy is in the public
domain. There is a planned
approach to communicating
to relevant stakeholders,
together with its associated
activities and their
implications. The Policy has
clear, high-level support within
the institution.
Staff have either appropriate
skills and knowledge, or
opportunities to develop
them through access to
specialist support.
There is evidence of staff
and student-led initiatives
promoting the Policy across
the institution and beyond via
the Student Union, student
societies, staff groups, trade
unions or individual
sustainability champions.
Practices link to, and
where appropriate, are
embedded into formal and
informal curriculum and
research.
Evidence
of existing
activity
Policy is in the public domain.
Communication is ad hoc but
comprises a variety of activity.
Open lectures about
Bioversity, leaflets and poster
publications, external talks,
website, press articles and
external conferences. Event
planned for May 2014.
Biodiversity steering group
membership includes all key
professional expertise.
Futures Initiative projects
and links to volunteering
bring in other staff and
students to provide support
and build capacity.
Futures Initiative projects –
Physic Garden, Orchard,
plans for Pond and Sound
Garden, Growing Group with
SU support and participation.
Links to formal curriculum
in Dept. of G&LS, through
inclusion in specific credit
bearing modules and
through specific FI
Projects such as Physic
Garden (OT and Life
Science), Sound Garden
(Education), Insect hotels,
etc.
Starting
Score
6 7 7 7
Target
Score
8 9 9 9

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and
Governance
Actions to
achieve
Target
Score
10. Identify strategies for on-
going engagement within the
University, the WHS partners
and the wider community.
11. Identify areas of innovative
and good practice that can be
used as case studies for
confernence presentations,
publications and local press.
12. Plan opportunities to
develop train the trainer
activities for Grounds &
Gardens staff to support on-
going training activities within
the staff and student
communities.
13. Raise level of student
participation both in relation
to volunteering, project
initiation and participation
through links between the
Student Green Office,
Growing Group and the
Edible Campus initiative.
14. Document links to
formal curriculum and
identify opportunities for
further links between
formal and informal
curriculum.
15. Investigate the potential
to provide spepcific
training within formal
curriculum activity and
potential for starred
module system.
Current
Score
6 8 7 7
TOTAL
STARTING
SCORE
TOTAL
CURRENT
SCORE
TOTAL
TARGET
SCORE
63.5
85
69
Silver
Silver
Gold

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and
Governance
Starting
Status
Silver
Starting
Status
No Award
Starting
Status
Bronze
Starting
Status
Silver
Starting
Status
No Award
Starting
Status
Gold
Current
Status
Silver
Current
Status
Bronze
Current
Status
Silver
Current
Status
Gold
Current
Status
No Award
Current
Status
Gold
Target
Status
Gold
Target
Status
Silver
Target
Status
Gold
Target
Status
Gold
Target
Status
Bronze Target Status Gold
Utilities
Travel &
Transport
Sustainable
Construction &
Renovation
Resources Efficiency &
Waste
Biodiversity Sustainable ICT
Estates and
Operations

28. Priority Area
Baseline Baseline
Status Status
Target Target
To date To date
Baseline 12 Baseline 12 Baseline 47 Baseline 17 Baseline 20 Baseline 30
Status No award Status No award Status Bronze Status Gold Status No award Status Silver
Target 40 Target 45 Target 70 Target 50 Target 50 Target 80
To date 17 To date 18 To date 51 To date 93 To date 28 To date 61
Baseline Baseline Baseline
Status Status Status
Target Target Target
To date To date To date
Baseline Baseline Baseline
Status Status Status
Target Target Target
To date To date To date
No award
31
Bronze
Frameworks
Learning & Teaching
26
30
No award
Utilities
Travel &
Transport
Sustainable
Construction &
Renovation
Resources Efficiency
& Waste
Community & Public Engagement Business & Industry Interface Procurement & Supplier Engagement
Leadership
30
Bronze
Biodiversity Sustainable ICT
81
73
80
65
90
52
90
45
30
20
85
36
90
45
100
89
Partnership
and
Engagement
Estates and
Operations
Learning,
Teaching and
Research
Leadership and
Governance
28
Bronze
89
Gold
65
Silver
Staff Engagement & HR
62
Silver
Research Student Engagement

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and
Governance
10
32
63.5
10
59.5
65.5
27.5
82
50
50
50
50
40
88
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Baseline

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and
Governance
Gold
Silver
Gold
Bronze
Silver
Gold
PartnershipandEngagement
Community&PublicEngagement
Business&IndustryInterface
Procurement&SupplierEngagement
Gold
Leadership
Staff Engagement & HR
Learning,TeachingandResearch
Learning&Teaching
Research
StudentEngagement
GoldTravel & Transport
No award
Gold
Sustainable Construction & Renovation
Resources Efficiency & Waste
Biodiversity Silver
Sustainable ICT Bronze
SilverUtilities
Estates and Operations
Leadership and Governance
Gold

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62
12 12
47
17
20
30 31 30 30
26 28
89
81 80
40
45
70
50 50
80
90 90
30
85
90
100
73
65
17 18
51
93
28
61
52
45
20
36
45
89
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Progress
on
target
Baseline
Target
To
date

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How are institutions using LiFE?
✦ To review existing commitments
✦ To shape a new strategy
✦ To promote existing activity
✦ To stimulate whole institution engagement on
sustainability – beyond estates!

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AISHE

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www.sustainabilityperformance.org

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“Human history is a race between
education and catastrophe.”
H G Wells (1866-1946)

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Contact me
Iain Patton
ipatton@eauc.org.uk
www.eauc.org.uk
+44 1242 714321