Green Gown Awards 2014 - Sustainability Champion Award - Jonathan Cresswell - Finalist

Assistant College Manager, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter

Jonathan is a true champion who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to embed, create a legacy for sustainability, and successfully engage his College staff to further the University sustainability agenda.

Jonathan has shown amazing leadership, championed the Green Impact scheme by recruiting 12 brand new teams and has developed tangible environmental improvements within his College. His commitment has seen a drastic improvement in the environmental management score of the College from 18% to 77%, representing the most improved college and has demonstrated best practice for other colleges to aspire to.

He has ensured the hard work and achievements of his College are widely communicated, voluntarily developing dedicated areas of the intranet, and future proofed sustainability by embedding it into meetings with the College Dean and staff job descriptions.

Coming from a military background with no previous sustainability experience, Jonathan’s continued successes, achievements and commitment to sustainability to date are all the more impressive.

Top 3 learnings

1 Commitment from senior management teams to embed sustainability within the college. Including risk profiling and audits
2 Engaging and empowering staff to implement positive changes in their areas
3 Communicating success and raising the profile of sustainability through posters, emails and newsletters

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