The EAUC is the Alliance for sustainability Leadership in Education, championing good practice for the environment across universities and colleges. Run by members, for its members, the EAUC seeks to drive sustainability to the heart of further and higher education. With a growing membership of university, college and learning and skills providers in the UK, the EAUC delivers tailored services and resources that add value and offer exclusive information and tools on a number of topics and projects.
The Member services and resources are to inspire and assist sustainability professionals in their professional roles, as well as campaign for paradigm and policy change by individuals, institutions and governments.
People are central to the EAUC's work. For them, the organisation maintains networks of over 8000 sustainability professionals ready to engage in dialogue. The EAUC disseminates information and resources via newsletters, websites, social media, and its events to lead the way on project management, teaching, and operations across the sector to bring about tangible change. To meet the need for specialist learning and information sharing, the EAUC also runs a range of Communities of Practice that encourage focused and efficient networking.
The Sustainability Exchange is one of the many pioneering projects delivered by the EAUC.
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Comprehensive toolkit addressing the areas of ‘Commitment and Leadership, ‘Organisational Management’, “Teaching and Learning’ and ‘Community...
This guide, written by AOSEC (Association of South East Colleges) is a product of Building for the Future - an inter-regional collaboration, part-funded by the GROW EU...
This spreadsheet contains a summary of the results to date, from different universities and colleges who have used the tool, broken down by category.
The National Business Travel Network (NBTN) have published an Essential Guide to Travel Planning.
The government's 2007 waste strategy.
The Value for Money Unit has prepared a good practice guide for schools, offering advice and guidance on energy and water management.
This guide, written by AOSEC (Assoication of South East Colleges), is a product of Building for the Future - an inter-regional collaboration, part-funded by the GROW EU...
The stakeholder engagement tool provides organisations with two ways of improving their stakeholder engagement practices.
Ed Nelson, Facilities Manager – Transport, University of Surrey emailed the Transport Planning network asking, “The University of Surrey is currently reviewing...
James Morvan, Travel Plan Coordinator, University of the West of England emailed the Transport Planning Network asking, “I’m trying to ignore the news today and...
United Utilities Business pride themselves on their ability to find simple solutions to complex problems. They go beyond simply supplying water, always looking for ways to keep...
University of Winchester present their Sustainable Food Procurement Policy 2016.
Compiling a Sustainability Report is not only a good way to assess progress over a fixed period, but it's also a great way to engage staff, students and the wider community....
Compiling a Sustainability Report is not only a good way to assess progress over a fixed period, but it's also a great way to engage staff, students and the wider community....
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the Members’ network to ask, “Does anybody have a recommended supplier for mattresses...
Jack Connors, Sustainability Projects Officer, University of London emailed the Members’ network to say, “A few months ago we sent out a survey across UK...
Pam Reynolds, Sustainability Manager, Blackpool and The Fylde College emailed the Members’ network asking, “Does anyone have a paper cup recycling scheme at their...
John Thorne, Sustainability Coordinator, Glasgow School of Art emailed the Members’ network to ask if anyone used chemical free cleaning. John collated the responses and...
Fabia Jeddere-Fisher, Energy Manager, The University of the West of England emailed the Energy and Water Community of Practice to ask, “I’m doing some...
Dan Fernbank, Energy Manager, University of Reading posted the following message on the Members’ network. “We’re currently reviewing our application of...
Simon Forth, Environment Co-ordinator, University of Wolverhampton emailed the Transport Planning network to ask, “We’re running a small fleet of inter-site buses...
Patrick Flavin, Carbon and Energy Reduction Officer, University of Huddersfield, emailed the Energy and Water Community of Practice to ask, “We’re reconfiguring...
Kat Thorne, Head of Sustainability, Kingston University emailed the London Region group to ask, “So the age old topic - waste. But a new question- has anyone used the...
Kirsti Norris, Carbon Budgets Manager, University of the West of England emailed the Energy & Water Community of Practice to ask, “As part of our carbon reduction...
“£5 billion spent on new buildings each year, these buildings use 2-3x more energy than designed” - 2014 Green Construction Board Report Building on...
Ben Tongue, Healthy Environment Manager, University of Bradford emailed the Members’ network asking, “Would anyone be able to recommend a WEEE collection...
Paul Roberts, Waste and Resources Manager, University of the West of England emailed the Members network to ask, “Does anyone have experience of making a recycling...
Andrew Bryers, Energy, Environment and Sustainability Manager, Aston University emailed the Members’ network asking, “As you may have read in an earlier email to...
Abigail Dombey, Environmental Manager, University of Brighton emailed the Members’ network asking, “We’re about to go out to tender for our end of year...
Fabia Jeddere-Fisher, Energy Engineer, University of the West of England emailed the Energy and Water Community of Practice to say, “Hello there Large energy...
Andrew Thomas, Sustainability Engineer, University of Warwick emailed the Energy & Water Community of Practice to say, “This is my first time posting to this group....
Sarah Johnson, Environment and Utilities Officer, Anglia Ruskin University emailed the Energy & Water Community of Practice for help in identifying a water check meter from...
Sarah Hayes, Environmental Data Analyst - Sustainability Hub, Kingston University emailed the Members’ network to ask, “I just wondered if anyone has tried to...
Steph Evans, Environment and Sustainability Officer, University of Roehampton emailed the Members’ network to ask for advice about the new hazardous waste changes which...
Download the University of Surrey case study which shows an 11.9% reduction in gas consumption.
This Prezi gives an overview of the University of Gloucestershire's approach to sustainability, highlighting key initiatives and achievements across student experience,...
This is Goldsmiths, University of London's poster for Faitrade Fortnight 2016.
See what Edge Hill University did to engage staff and students for Fairtrade Fortnight 2016.
University of Greenwich present their 2014-2015 Sustainability Report.
Fiona Macey, Sustainable Travel and Transport Manager, University of York emailed the Transport Planning Network Community of Practice to ask, “Does anyone know...
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice asking, “I have a quick biodiversity question for...
Paul Monk, Waste Manager, Queen Mary University of London emailed the Members’ network with a question on waste duty of care. EAUC Member Responses Members can...
On Tuesday 22nd March 2016, the Community Engagement Topic Support Network met at Glasgow School of Art for an event focusing on the use of social media by universities and...
On Friday 18th March 2016, the Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Topic Support Network met to discuss the sustainability programmes...
Renewal In March 2016 Conor Edwards, Director of Finance and Estates, Winstanley College emailed the North West Region network to ask, “Could anyone recommend a...
Lucinda Lay, Carbon Reduction Projects Manager, University of Oxford emailed the Members’ network asking, “Is anyone doing small roof mounted solar PVs on a...
Kierson Wise, Associate Director of Sustainability (Carbon), University of Gloucestershire emailed the Transport Planning Network Group to ask, “We are looking to get...
Compiling a Sustainability Report is not only a good way to assess progress over a fixed period, but it's also a great way to engage staff, students and the wider community....
Effective sustainability reporting can play an important role in implementing sustainability at your institution. We want to help our members report on their sustainability...
This is a highly beneficial and interesting benchmarking report on Sustainability and Responsibility education by Katariina Heikkilä, University of Turku: “A new...
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the ISO14001 Community of Practice to ask if anybody had any templates of non-conformance/CAR...
This volume is both an interesting introduction to the variety of impacts that environmental science research has in the UK, and a useful resource for researchers seeking to...
Jennie Jack, Environmental Sustainability Projects Manager, University of Oxford emailed the ISO14001 Community of Practice to ask, “We would welcome your thoughts and...
This is Bridgend College's Annual Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Integrated Report for the year 2014/15.
At The University of Iceland, recycling has since 2009 played an important role in greening the university. The University of Iceland has recently made some changes to its...
Karl Letten, Environmental & Sustainability Officer, De Montfort University emailed the Members’ network to ask, “We are currently looking at a bicycle hire...
Sarah Roberts, Sustainable Projects Officer, University of Leicester emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice network to ask, “A subject has come up recently in...
The RAU recently replaced 32 lights in one of our function halls with high performing LEDs, creating significant cost and carbon savings and providing a much improved lighting...
Aston’s Library was recently fully refurbished. The addition of CO2 sensors to the AHU system had an estimated 20% saving, with an actual saving of 16-21% over the last 3...
This bi-annual meeting of the Waste Management Topic Support Network on 23rd February 2016 discussed reuse and repair with guest speakers from REMADE in Edinburgh,...
Emily Dunning, Living Laboratory for Sustainability Coordinator, University of Cambridge emailed the Members’ network to ask, “Does anyone have a sustainable food...
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see Bath Spa University are committed to continually improving sustainability in every sense of the word.
Ben Tongue, Environmental Manager, University of Bradford emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice to ask, “I’m looking at beefing up our biodiversity...
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the Members network to ask, “We’re looking at getting a fresh pair of eyes for our...
Fabia Jeddere-Fisher, Energy Engineer, The University of the West of England emailed the Energy and Water Community of Practice asking for other people's advice...
Paul Monk, Waste Manager, Queen Mary University of London emailed the EAUC Members’ network to ask, “Just wondering if anyone uses the EDOC (Electronic Duty of...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Chris Willmore, University Academic Director of Undergraduate Studies and Green Academy Academic Lead at the University of Bristol...
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how Leafield Environmental are developing ideas and building strong relationships with universities.
Groupe ESC Troyes and EPF engineers School launched the Master Innovation, Creation and Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Technopole de l'Aube in Champagne
The associative and extracurricular life of students is led by the Office for Students which brings together 16 associations and offers comprehensive support for students on...
On 28 January, the EAUC with support from Clean Power Solutions held an energy seminar at the Chimneys Hotel and Conference Centre, Cheshire. This seminar looked to explore and...
For nearly 10 years, Telecom Bretagne has had a "step by step" approach that has proven very effective in terms of sustainable development and territorial roots
The Catholic Institute of Paris has set up a "disability governance" fully integrated into the strategy of the campus, whose guidelines are: "Serve, Train,...
Part of the ambition of the School of Ponts Paris Tech to "be the world reference for research, innovation and training in key areas of sustainable development", the...
The club DD "Vert'Vet" of ENVT contributing for several years to the realization of projects in favor of biodiversity (botany, aquatic, ornithological and...
Université Laval has been engaged since 2008 in a comprehensive approach to sustainable development, and has significant results: 38% of greenhouse gas emissions, 19% of water...
The "kitchen garden and feeder" in partnership with the city of Beauvais, Picardy DRAAF gives the ability to people in precarious situations to garden and cook from...
Victoria Penson, Sustainability Support Officer, Bournemouth University emailed the Transport Planning Network Group to ask, “Does anyone have a figure for their scope...
Universities have been identified as being critical in developing sustainability - focused skillsets and mindsets (UNESCO, 2004; UNCSD, 2012). A UK-based survey further...
Travel Plan Services produced the University of York's 'Travel Plan Strategy 2015 - 2020' – the travel plan is easy to read, gets the message across and looks...
To mark Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 (29 February-13 March), the EAUC Fair Trade Community of Practice launched a competition to see who can come up with the best six word stories...
Pearl Costello, Environmental Officer, Royal Agricultural University emailed the Members network to ask, “I’m just finalising our HESA EMR return for the year and...
John Bailey, Sustainability Manager, University of London emailed the EAUC Members’ network to ask, “I have two things to ask for your help on today: 1. ...
The Global Citizenship and Youth Participation in Europe Report identifies the context within which the Schools for Future Youth Project takes place in terms of evidence on...
Community Action for Spaceship Earth (CASE) Initiative Members of the ENIRDELM network (www.enirdelm.net) are seeking to ‘make a difference’ by focusing...
John Bailey, Sustainability Manager, University of London emailed the Members’ network asking, “While everyone is still feeling fresh from the Christmas break...
With “At Université Laval, I’m for SD!” Université Laval takes a structured, community-wide approach to sustainable development to get tangible, scalable results
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how Sheffield Hallam University's sustainability programme engages staff and students to ensure progress against our environmental...
Every two years, the EAUC conducts a member survey to gauge how we are performing with our membership.
Sarah Roberts, Sustainable Projects Officer, University of Leicester emailed the Biodiversity Community of Practice with the following request which prompted many responses from...
This example is a Christmas message from Kingston University Sustainability Hub and is a seasonal way to share information about the sustainability achievements for the past year.
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Aled Jones, Director, Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University manages an interdisciplinary research institute...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Liz Russell (Waste and Recycling Manager) is focused on the operational side of waste and recycling management, promoting...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Beatriz Acevedo (Senior Lecturer and Artist) is teaching and working with students on sustainability in her role at Anglia Ruskin...
Simon Chubb, Environment Manager, Anglia Ruskin University emailed the Members network to say, “I’d be grateful to hear from anyone with examples of questions...
The University of Aberdeen held a variety of activities for Fairtrade Fortnight 2015.
Carla Shaw, Utilities & Environment Assistant, Anglia Ruskin University emailed the Members’ network saying, “We are just starting to think about events for...
Mat Jane, Head of Energy and Environment, The University of Winchester emailed the Members’ network asking, “Our new insurer UMAL is requesting that all bin...
Viola Retzlaff, Travel and Transport Co-ordinator, University of Glasgow emailed the Transport Planning Network Community of Practice to ask, “University of Glasgow is...
Jack Connors, Sustainability Projects Officer, University of London emailed the Members’ network asking, “We are moving to a centralised printing set-up and we...