A strategic commitment at all levels within a university or college is a fundamental prerequisite if the institution is to be successful in taking forward sustainability. All research on the implementation of sustainability has told the same story: the commitment of the leaders within the organisation is critical, as is encouraging and supporting staff at all levels to be leaders.
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In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Caroline Overy (Engagement Manager) is working on projects to engage staff and students in sustainability and social responsibility...
Member responses to a request to the Energy & Water Community of Practice about carbon and energy management plans
Charles Sturt University (CSU) is committed to sustainability and is actively working to both reduce the impact of its operations and to act as a leader to engage staff,...
In 2010, TAFE SA Regional launched its GreenPrint for Workplace Education for Environmental Sustainability.
Sara Lynch, Environmental Manager, Queens University Belfast emailed the Members’ network asking Members to share their experiences of the Green Flag Award. EAUC Member...
Presentation from the Sustainable Campus Excellence Awards 2015, Freie Universitat Berlin.
How is sustainability structured at your university? Victoria Johnsen, Environmental & Cultural Change Manager, University of Surrey emailed the Members’ network...
Since establishing its Sustainability Task Force in 2009 La Trobe University has appointed a Pro Vice Chancellor (Sustainability) and developed sound governance and management...
Sustainable Development - Better managers and leaders for a better society.
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Elena Rivilla Lutterkort (Sustainability Officer) is bringing creativity to solutions on sustainability in her role at the London...
Jon Emmett, Sustainability Projects Officer, at London School of Economics and Political Science emailed the Members’ network asking for a quick straw poll of who...
Katrina Henderson, Assistant Director Environment, Cardiff University, emailed the Wales Regional group to ask who was accredited to either of the Management Standards ISO14001...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Gillian Menzies (Director of Studies) is inspiring the next generation through research and enquiry in her role at Heriot-Watt...
Economic, social and environmental sustainability is about assuring the future through developing resilience and adaptability in staff and students, through building...
The University of West London has invested £50 million to improve students' learning and social experience as part of Future Campus, an environmentally sustainable...
The Greenwich Sustainability Hub is a partnership project between the Student’s Union university of Greenwich, and the University of Greenwich. Its aim is to...
It is the ‘business’ of a university to offer learning opportunities which will equip students for their future lives and careers. In order to do this,...
Coventry University’s School of Art and Design have established a social enterprise ‘ReFreshed UnLtd’, upcycling counterfeit clothes donated from Coventry...
The Works is an employment and skills centre established by the University of Manchester in 2011 with the objective of raising skill levels and improving employment...
Fruit Routes brings staff, students and the local community together to grow, harvest, share and create an edible campus using creative and innovative methods of engagement. A...
The University of Sunderland has been utilising the WARP-it resource, reuse portal now for nearly three years, however it has been the engagement in the City wide Sunderland...
London College of Fashion’s Widening Participation Unit has nurtured a relationship with St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney since 2011. Widening Participation have lead...
Local Wisdom is a research project led by University of the Arts London’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion with a network of seven universities in the UK, USA, Canada,...
The Making Project was a collaboration between University of the Arts London’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion and global, leading brand, Nike...
London College of Fashion has installed an innovative new timer, which reduces electricity consumption through limiting the time which irons are left on. This technological...
The annual ‘Blackout’ at the University of Southampton started in 2012, involving between 250 & 300 students and staff auditing and switching off unnecessary...
Vertical greening systems are an important component of Green Infrastructure – possibly the only cost-effective approach to coping with some of the immense challenges...
The £5.1M Lancaster China Catalyst Programme provides UK companies with a significant package of support to develop R&D partnerships with Chinese counterparts in...
The University of Reading £250,000 energy efficiency overhaul of fume cupboards in 2 large teaching laboratories is achieving substantial savings of £90,500 and 343...
The Sustainability Team at the University of Reading works with local bus company Reading Buses to provide an excellent service for staff, students and visitors. Responsiveness...
This is one of the UK’s first University Training Schools (UTS) which is being developed in partnership between the DfE and the University of Birmingham allowing teachers...
This new build facility houses specialist research into plant science and food security and incorporates greenhouse, laboratories, preparation rooms, office accommodation and...
My Sustainable Print is the new staff print service at The University of Sheffield. It is delivered through a network of energy efficient multi-functional print devices. It...
The Adapt Low Carbon Group at the University of East Anglia have developed and managed a number of investment vehicles to assist SME businesses. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund...
The Adapt Low Carbon Group at the University of East Anglia manages the InCrops Programme, a 7 year £5.2 m project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The...
The Royal Agricultural University installed a 500kW biomass boiler in 2011, which replaced carbon intensive and inefficient oil boilers to provide heat to four buildings (both...
Sustainable Supply Chains through Innovation (SUSCIN) was led by CfSD between 2009-2012. SUSCIN aimed to build capacity of SME suppliers of eco-innovative...
Phil Baillie, Safety & Environment Advisor, London Metropolitan University emailed the London Region network to ask about EMS Accreditation. EAUC Member Responses...
The University of Sunderland successfully bid for £25,000 HEFCE funding in 2012 from UnLtd, the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK. The...
The Julian Study Centre (JSC) has raised the bar for sustainability on a campus which has a reputation for energy efficient award winning buildings, and is the first aiming for...
The Enterprise Centre (TEC) will be the UK’s greenest commercial building, targeting both BREEAM Outstanding and Passivhaus Certification. At £13.4m and with 3,400m2...
The Connecting Children and Nature Network is a cross-disciplinary partnership between Canterbury Christ Church University and a range of local organisations (including schools,...
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how the University of Chester are actively engaging with students, staff and the wider local community.
The School Governor Initiative at the University of Manchester encourages and engages staff and former students to contribute to the improvement of state schools by becoming...
Canterbury Christ Church University has been developing environmental perspectives, not only in conjunction with the local community, but also with partners overseas....
The £16million University of Strathclyde Urban Energy Project is transformational – acting as a catalyst for collaborative low carbon heat network development with...
These are the member responses on environmental/sustainability committee examples sent to EAUC Members in April 2015.
In 2014, the University of Nottingham offered its first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) called ‘Sustainability, Society and You’. With an agenda to support...
London School of Economics and Political Science’s (LSE) Sustainable Projects Fund included a rolling prize-fund to support student and staff-led projects to enhance...
The Scottish Government produced a guide on Better Business and how to improve staff performance based on experiences from local authorities, support agencies and businesses....
The Institute of Sustainability Solutions Research (ISSR) at Plymouth University is the single point of contact for organisations wanting to collaborate with the University...
The Future Factory at Nottingham Trent University uses a range of academic/research staff, students, graduate placements and specialist product design and prototyping...
The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) is housed in a £10.5million refurbishment of an 18th Century Old Royal High School at the University of Edinburgh....
Newcastle University's Travel and Expenses Policy is led by Procurement and is filtered down to staff through management. The University is hopeful to see an improvement...
Fair Trade Policy and Fair Trade Steering Group Terms of Reference from Bournemouth University
The redevelopment of Durham Business School demonstrates how embracing sustainable technologies within existing buildings can deliver value, improve environmental performance...
Committing to Environmental Excellence Flinders university is committed to environmental excellence and the development of curricula and cross disciplinary research on...
The University of Greenwich will install a biofuel (glycerol) fired Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant at its Medway Campus in Kent this year – believed to be the first...
The University of Gloucestershire has adopted a steady, simple but long term approach to carbon reduction, focusing on ensuring that all decisions at all levels consider the...
Growing at Griffith focuses on three innovative biodiversity projects that builds on Griffith’s commitment to maintaining environmental integrity on its campuses.
Thinking outside the rectangle: beyond the carpark for sustainable transport. In a few short years, implementation of the University of Tasmania’s sustainable transport...
The Trickle Effect – Working flexibly with Aboriginal communities to build capability in resource efficiency. A state wide delivery of the Cert Iv Home Sustainability Assessment...
tate of the Tropics. Half of the world’s population and 67% of the world’s children under 15 years of age will be living in the Tropics by 2050, raising serious...
Progressing sustainability via continuous pursuit of environmental excellence. The University of Auckland has come a long way since the early 1980s when we first started...
Doing the right thing – a holistic approach to sustainability. At Otago Polytechnic we believe in doing the right thing. Our goals are to have every graduate a sustainable...
Shaping Sustainable Cities. RMIT’s vision is to be urban in orientation and creativity, shaping sustainable cities and drawing inspiration from the challenges and...
The Green Gown Awards Australasia Winners’ summary 2014 provides a summary of the projects recognised by this year's Awards, the International Awards and the ACTS...
In this EAUC Meet a Member career profile, see how Simon Goldsmith (Head of Sustainability) is driving forward sustainability across the University of Greenwich.
The presentation from the Transformational Leadership Summit presentation which formed part of the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015 which saw...
De Montfort University present their 2012/13 Environmental Report.
University of Oxford present their 2011/2012 Sustainability Report.
University of Bath present their 2014 Annual Sustainability Report.
View the photographs taken at "Challenging Connections" Annual Conference 2015.
We wanted to get some useful sustainable business tops tips from each of our 2015 EAUC Annual Conference sponsors - these are the tips from Salix.
We wanted to get some useful sustainable business tops tips from each of our 2015 EAUC Annual Conference sponsors - these are the tips from Interface.
We asked our EAUC Annual Conference sponsors how they Challenged their Connections - this is what they said!
A case study from Interface where Human Nature, the latest global collection from the modular flooring manufacturer, has been used in the refurbishment of the University of...
This video is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by Sara Parkin.
A case study from British Gas and Sainsbury's about the adoption of Ground Source Heat Pumps, part of Sainsbury’s 20x20 Sustainability plan.
A blog post by Carbon Credentials which addresses the significance of the University Green League to institutions' sustainability journey
A blog post by Will Jenkins, Carbon Credentials about the Role of Tertiary Education in the Transition to Sustainable Cities
Sheffield Hallam University present their 2013/14 Annual Sustainability Report.
Keele University present their 2013 Sustainability Report.
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Oxford Brookes and EAUC and falls under the Estates and Operations...
This presentation is the opening Keynote on Day 2 of the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by John Robinson, The University of British...
This presentation is the opening Keynote on Day 2 of the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Giles Hutchins, Speaker, writer, adviser...
This presentation was the Keynote for the Further Education Summit, part of the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Leeds College of...
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by University of Leeds and falls under the Leadership and Governance...
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by UNEP, Multimedia University Nairobi and Tongi University, China and...
The EAUC Annual Conference 2015 programme in full!
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by IEMA and NUS and falls under the Partnership and Engagement Stream.
This presentation is from the “Challenging Connections” EAUC Annual Conference 2015, presented by Plymouth University and The EAUC and falls under the Leadership and...
The University of Leeds have recently launched a sustainability strategy in order to achieve these aims across the institution. The strategy focuses on four themes:...
University of Worcester present their 2013/14 Sustainability Report.
University of Liverpool present their 2013/14 Sustainability Report.
Oxford Brookes University present their 2012/13 Sustainability Report.
Cardiff Metropolitan University present their 2012/13 Sustainability Report in Issuu form.
University of Wolverhampton present their 2012/13 Sustainability Report.
Queen Mary University of London present their 2013/14 Sustainability Report.
City University London present their 2013/14 Sustainability Report.