{"id":1120,"date":"2013-11-24T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T15:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2024-07-04T12:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:27:44","slug":"remember-remember-the-5th-of-november-university-of-greenwich-sustainability-awards-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/greengreenwich\/2013\/11\/24\/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november-university-of-greenwich-sustainability-awards-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember remember the 5th of November: University of Greenwich Sustainability Awards 2013!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Giles gives us her highlights from her first University of Greenwich Sustainability Awards.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Although I have only been with the University of Greenwich for 3 months, when it came to hosting the Sustainability Awards 2013 I could really appreciate the cross-departmental buy-in and support. Everyone in the room had contributed or been involved with Sustainability in one way or another, and there were many others dotted around the University who could not make it on the day.<\/p>\n

We kicked off the day by updating the attendees on sustainability at the University of Greenwich, including our carbon management plan, water, waste and reuse, biodiversity, food, travel, curriculum, student engagement and Green Impact. \u00a0We also reflected on our current accreditation of ISO14001, the business school\u2019s perusal of ISO2012(1) sustainable events accreditation and our Fairtrade University status. We proudly spoke of our sustainability achievements of coming 6th<\/sup> place in the People & Planet Green League<\/a> 2013 and that we\u2019ve been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development<\/a>. Quite a list I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll agree. It is a KPI of the University to stay in the top 10 in the Green League, but we\u2019ll have to prioritise where to focus our efforts. Our top 3 priorities looking forward will be scope 3 carbon emissions<\/a>, sustainable procurement and ethical finance.<\/p>\n

\"hub<\/a>We also introduced our new Sustainability Hub<\/a>, a partnership between the Student\u2019s Union and the University that will engage students in sustainability and provide outreach to the local community.\u00a0 The Hub will employ four students this year and eight students next year to act as Green Ambassadors. These Ambassadors will work with local businesses, colleges and schools to deliver sustainability training and, for those lucky shops and colleges, the Green Impact<\/a> behaviour change project. Amongst other projects, the hub will also expand food growing at Greenwich, with a vision to open up a student- led farmers market.<\/p>\n

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The awards! C. Patrick Hollins<\/p><\/div>\n

For our Green Impact Awards, we gave out 6 \u2018Working towards Bronze\u2019 awards, 7 Bronze Awards, 8 Silver Awards and an outstanding 5 Gold Awards! This year we are introducing the \u2018Green Impact Excellence\u2019 Award, which will give the opportunity for Gold-winning departments to create and manage a sustainability project within their department. These teams have demonstrated that sustainable behaviours are embedded in their department through achieving their Gold Awards; their excellence project will allow them to explore how to enrich sustainability in their department, whether that is through the curriculum or communication. We already have a couple of interested teams exploring and planning potential projects, so watch this space for more updates of how they\u2019re getting on.<\/p>\n

In addition to our Green Impact Awards, we gave out 9 Special Awards to individuals or departments for their continued and dedicated contribution to sustainability in their department. These included:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be the Change Award – Paul Harvey from Sodexo<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carbon Reduction Award – Jon Hudson from the Building Services Team<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sustainability in the Curriculum Award – Charlotte Jeavons from Public Health<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Environmental Hero Award – The volunteers of the Edible Garden<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Golden Pickaxe Award – Michael Unsworth, Head of Grounds<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Green Impact Golden Labs Criteria Award – The Natural Resources Institute<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Student Participation and Employability Award – The Business School<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Positive Deviant Award – Caroline Troy from the Natural Resources Institute<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Student Sustainability Champion Award – Lauren Newberry<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/a>

Some of our Special Award Winners. C. Patrick Hollins<\/p><\/div>\n

For more information about the awards please contact the Sustainability Team sustainability@gre.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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