Travel Plan Requests Sept 2015 - Member Responses – 11th Sep 2015

In August 2015 Amy Hill, Travel Plan Co-Ordinator, University of Exeter emailed the Transport Planning Community of Practice to ask Members if they could offer any ideas or...

Tags: Member responses | travel | policy | transport | Plan

Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Student Champion - Margaret Jennings - Highly Commended – 9th Sep 2015

Student (Fine Art 2nd year) - Goldsmiths, University of London Margaret takes environmental conservation to heart. She is one of the more genuinely environmentally...

Tags: sustainability | green gown awards | waste | university | recycling | behaviour change | sustainability champion | volunteering | art

Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Professional Award - Dr Peter Rands - Finalist – 9th Sep 2015

In the five years as Director of Sustainability Development at CCCU, Peter has been described, by an ex. colleague, as taking the institution from “zero to hero”...

Tags: sustainability | green gown awards | university | sustainability professional | KPIs | GRI | IR

Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Professional Award - Katy Boom - Finalist – 9th Sep 2015

Director of Sustainability, University of Worcester Under Katy’s leadership the University of Worcester has developed and maintained an excellent performance profile,...

Tags: sustainability | green gown awards | university | collaboration | sustainability professional

Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Professional Award - Martin Farley - Winner – 9th Sep 2015

S-Lab Project Coordinator, King’s College London Martin Farley has helped pioneer innovative projects in a largely untapped area of sustainability - laboratories. To...

Tags: sustainability | green gown awards | university | research | sustainability professional | storage | helium

University of East Anglia - Showcasing Excellence – 9th Sep 2015

UEA’s food operation was making annual losses of £600,000 until a new catering head was hired. Disciplined management procedures have cut costs...

Harper Adams University - Farm to fork catering – 9th Sep 2015

Not many universities have an on site farm. Harper Adams has used theirs to create a farm to fork university catering philosophy.

Tags: sustainable | catering | farming | produce | Farm to fork | grow your own

University of Reading - Showcasing Excellence – 9th Sep 2015

A decade ago the University of Reading’s catering service was losing £600k a year. But following a major re-organisation and refurbishment, the in-house operation...

Tags: efficiency | catering | food services