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Celebrating Success 5 th June, 2014

Celebrating Success 5 th June, 2014. Professor Tony Stevenson Pro-Vice-Chancellor Planning and Resources. World Environment Day. Vision 2021. To Achieve – Financial and Environmental Sustainability Societal Challenges – Ageing; Sustainability; Social Renewal.

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Celebrating Success 5 th June, 2014

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  1. Celebrating Success5th June, 2014 Professor Tony Stevenson Pro-Vice-Chancellor Planning and Resources

  2. World Environment Day

  3. Vision 2021 • To Achieve – Financial and Environmental Sustainability • Societal Challenges – Ageing; Sustainability; Social Renewal

  4. Operational Environmental Sustainability The ESS Sustainability Team and a network of 80 volunteer Environmental Co-ordinatorswork to reduce the environmental impacts of the University. • Recent achievements include: • Attaining a 1st Class award from People and Planet Green League 2013 • Dual accreditation- EcoCampus Platinum & ISO14001 – Renewed 2014 • Recycling Rate >90% and zero general waste to landfill • Introduced resource redistribution scheme, WARPit • Completion of £4.4m boiler scheme saved circa 6000t CO2 to date • An additional £1.2M invested in carbon reduction projects over last 5 years, saving £427k and 2,500 tonnes CO2 p.a. • Water use reduced by a further 3.9% - 23.9% since 2008/9 • Proportion of staff travelling to work by car reduced from 40% in 2004 to 19.6% in 2013 • Undertaken 3rd year of Green Impact

  5. Operational Environmental Sustainability Windsor Terrace Development Savings

  6. Best Environmental Initiative – Highly Commended Sustainability Resource Guide • Launched 12th March 2014 • Collaborative Project between the University Library, SAgE and the Institute for Sustainability • Provides a comprehensive source of information on all aspects of sustainability Caryn Evans L-R Karen Crinnion, Moira Bent, Jen Hazelton, Sue Haile Richard Adamson

  7. Best Environmental Initiative – Highly Commended EAT@NCL Sustainable Food Initiatives • 10 Outlets awarded Bronze Food for Life • MSC certified fish in all outlets • Contract established to send all food waste to anaerobic digestion, diverting waste from landfill • Purchased an electric vehicle for delivered services • Healthy and Sustainable Food Policy

  8. Best Environmental Initiative – Highly Commended Grounds Team Biodiversity Initiatives Ian Walker Pollinator Garden- Robinson Library Paul Cowan Guided Tree Walks Tom Vasey

  9. Best Environmental Initiative - Winner Accommodation & Hospitality Foodbank Initiative • Launched summer 2013 • Residents of University owned accommodation encouraged to donate any unopened food jars/tins/packets • Campaign repeated in Christmas 2013 • 1 metric ton of food waste donated to the Trussell Trust Foodbanks

  10. Sustainable Estate Project – Highly Commended Grand Hotel Refurbishment Paul Nicholson L-R John McNeil, Andy Ransome, Paul Bandeen, Robin Beattie

  11. Sustainable Estate Project - Winner Cockle Park Refurbishment

  12. Green Impact Working Towards Bronze Award- MerzCourt L-R Daniel Nova, Zaynab Sherif, Rob Dixon, Isabel Cipriani Avila

  13. Green Impact Bronze AwardNUBsies (NU Business School) Ellen Arkless

  14. Green Impact Bronze AwardCastle Leazes June Battista

  15. Green Impact Bronze AwardsPsycho Warriors Richard Armstrong Ashleigh Gibson L-R Katie Lodge, Se-WahShek and Karen Clark Darren Burr

  16. Green Impact Silver Award Library Green Group Deborah Anderson Richard Catherall Sara Bird Terri Hennissey L-R Linda Errington, David Gardner, Libby Matthewson

  17. Green Impact Catering Gold Award Lean Green Catering Machine Michelle Milligan Steven Hogg Kay Jones Nikki Watkins Megan Robson

  18. Green Impact Gold Award King’s Gate Ecoteam Steven Hogg Elaine Patterson Melanie Dunnett Helen Butler Marie Pattison Rachel Watson

  19. Green Impact Gold Award The Wombles (Leazes Terrace) L-R Kathleen Stevenson, Mark Barrow, Ian Brown Dylan Berry Helen Pearson

  20. Green Impact Highest Achiever Award-IHS Ecoteam Angela Jones L-R Ruth Wood, Matthew Breckons, Juliet Schick, Liam Dale, Lindsay Bramwell and Denise Heighton Tomos Robinson

  21. Green Impact Innovation Award-IHS EcoTeam Angela Jones • Launched IHS EcoTeam blog • Promotion of green initiatives though IHS webpages • Support with recruiting new teams to the scheme L-R Ruth Wood, Matthew Breckons, Juliet Schick, Liam Dale, Lindsay Bramwell and Denise Heighton Tomos Robinson

  22. Outstanding Achievement Award Students’ Union and SCAN • NUS Green Fund Projects (various) • Green Impact Student’s Union Gold L-R Red Kellie, Bob Milan, Phillip Hay SCAN Committee 2014

  23. Thank you and Congratulations to all

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