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From institutional toUN sustainability guidance -

- how Nordic Higher Education Institutions are contributing to global development

NSCN/NUAS sustainability conference ”Sustainability at Nordic universities”12.-13.11.2015 @ Univ. of Oslo, Norway

Meri Löyttyniemi, chair of Nordic Sustainable Campus Network(+ Aalto University sustainability manager, off-duty until 2019)

Photo: Kari Rissa

CONTENT1) Institutional level, case Aalto

2) Nordics and Europe, case NSCN & Rio+20

3) Global development – SDG´s, GUPES, Global

Alliance, COP21…

4) Seeds for future development of NSCN

1) Institutional level, case Aalto

Aalto, a university of technology, businessand design, located in Finland

www.aalto.fi/sustainability

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Aalto reporting, sustainability contents

Some of the materials in Finnish and English, some only in either one.

reporting year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Report of Aalto University Foundation Board yesHuman resources report noISCN, separate sustainability report noIntegrated to Aalto annual report yesStrategy implementation to Finnish Ministry of education yesAalto University Properties Ltd, annual report yes (following Finnish government ownership steering)PRME, Principles for Responsible Management Education (Aalto BIZ)Dipoli congress hall, WWF Green Office light env. system

no, in renovation

"Petra", waste amounts / to Helsinki regional authorities, HSY yes

Helsinki Climate Partners network yesGreenMetric Ranking, Univ.of Indonesia (not fully delivered) ?

Options for reporting schemesand management systems

ISO 14001 and EMAS

GRI

ISCN-GULF Sustainable Campus Charter

WWF Green Office,light environmental system for offices Case Finland – e.g. Government

ownership steeringValtionomistus.fi/suomi/files/2011/10/VNn_periaatepaeaetoes_03112011.pdf

NSCN conference ”Sustainability at Nordic universities”12.11.15 @ UiO, Norway. NUAS sustainability chair Meri Löyttyniemi

Green Office Movement

National audits,like FINHEEC(former KKA)in Finland)

Sustainability Reporting – Guidelines and LegislationMateriality Analysis is the basis for the new reporting requirements

GRI G4-guidelines

Integrated Reporting

EU Accounting Directive

“Non-FinancialStatement” *

Sustainability Report

Annual Report

Corporate Governance Statement

BoD Statement

Financial Review

Materiality Analysis

ISCN-GULF

Development proposals for future Aalto Univ.reporting / Mitopro Oy, May 2015

* www.frc.org.uk/Our-Work/Codes-Standards/Accounting-and-Reporting-Policy/Clear-and-Concise-Reporting/Narrative-Reporting/EU-Directive-on-non-financial-reporting.aspx

2) Nordics and Europe,

case NSCN & Rio+20

NSCNA platform for connectingsustainability expertsin Nordic highereducation institutions


Mission of NSCN

To integrate and strengthen sustainable development in Nordic universities

→ research & teaching→ all operations


NSCN, today 41 Nordic higher education institutes

Led by core group,NUAS sustainability

61 memberuniversities

personal

kommunikation

jurister ochinternrevisorer

utbildning ochbetyg

forskningsadministrationoch näringsliv

fakultetsadministration

ekonomi

dokumenthantering och arkiv

studieadministrationsamt studie- ochyrkesvägledning

Strengthening

and integrating

sustainability

in NUAS

working groups

internationalisering

Lokaler och miljö

planeringsgruppen för IT

NSCN coregroup formed a

new NUAS working group

for sustaina-bility

Bibliotek(sedan 2014)

NUAS working groups, 14 in total


Rio+20 outcome for universities

1. Teach sustainable development concepts2. Encourage research on sustainable

development issues3. Green our campuses4. Support sustainability efforts in the

communities in which we reside5. Engage with and share results through

international frameworks

http://rio20.euromed-management.com/Declaration-for-HEI.pdf NSCN conference ”Sustainability at Nordic universities”12.11.15 @ UiO, Norway. NUAS sustainability chair Meri Löyttyniemi

→ Led to our current project!

3) Global – SDG´s, GUPES, Global Alliance, COP21…

SDG:s launched in September 2015 in New York

sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1300NSCN conference ”Sustainability at Nordic universities”

12.11.15 @ UiO, Norway. NUAS sustainability chair Meri Löyttyniemi

DESD → GAP

• Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD 2005-2014) is followed by Global Action Programme, GAP

* unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002305/230514e.pdf NSCN conference ”Sustainability at Nordic universities”12.11.15 @ UiO, Norway. NUAS sustainability chair Meri Löyttyniemi

UNEP´s GUPES

• Global Universities partnership on Environment and Sustainability

• www.unep.org/training/programmes/gupes.asp


http://www.unep.org/training/programmes/gupes.asp

Nordic Sustainable Campus Network (NSCN), since 2012

Africa

(Central, southern)Europe: several networks

China Green Campus Network(CGUN), since 2011

Latin America Australasian CampusesTowards Sustainability, since 2002

Campus SustainabilityNetwork in Japan,CAS-Net JAPAN

Korean Association of Greencampus Initiatives, since 2008

Hong Kong Sustainable CampusConsortium, since 2010

UK

Global Alliance, connecting SD-networks of HEIs

A few more on networks: international-sustainable-campus-network.org/about/links.html

APSCC*

* Association for promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities (India)


Global Alliance• Formed officially in spring 2015 at EAUC conference, connects universities´

sustainability networks globally (photo on the left, @ Univ. of Leeds, UK)

• Global Alliance created an open letter to Paris climate conference, COP 21, challenging decision makers and universities to address climate crisis even better

• Letter was given by EAUC Iain Patton to COP 21 general secretary Oct 14 2015 in Paris, UNESCO HQ, in connection with HESI seminar & French universities sustainability conference (photo on the right)

• The open letter to COP21, signed by networks presenting over 6000 universities: educationalliance.global


http://educationalliance.global/

COP21, Paris Climate Conference

• Global University Climate Forum, a global climate action workshop for university students

• www.iaruni.org/sustainability/global-university-climate-forum


http://www.iaruni.org/sustainability/global-university-climate-forum

Picking from ESD seminar* in Belgium

Should we have one more SDG, number 18?

*Opening-up new horizons. Intl perspectives on environmental and sustainability education”Conference in Brussels, 10 November 2015, organized by Flemish Government. NSCN conference ”Sustainability at Nordic universities”

12.11.15 @ UiO, Norway. NUAS sustainability chair Meri Löyttyniemi

4) Seeds for future development of NSCN

NSCN - coming up 2016• Launch of SuLiTest project, funded by NCM for 2016

• Developing activities + communications, welcoming new members, core group rotation • Communicate events, look for partners, volunteer & contribute

• Funding sources and partnerships continuously in radar• NSCN events for 2016, possibly at Tampere, Finland next spring

• Other events & gatherings; any interested institutions?

Seeds for future development

• Green Gown Awards for Nordic Universities*?• EAUC, connecting sustainability professionals of UK universities, as our

strategic• Since 2004 for UK universities, now also in Australasia, FR-LUX-BE-CH

• Developing a search word list for sustainability reporting of academic results – to have Nordic comparability?– Legacy of NSCN workshop at GU, May 2015– Some planning with NSCN/Aalto, KTH and with NUAS sustainability

group (seized for the moment)

* www.greengownawards.org.uk

(Possible) partnerships

• Possibilities within NUAS to be explored• SDSN-Northern Europe (Sustainable Development Solutions

Network), will be launched in January 2016. Coordination point at GMV, Gothenburg.

• SWEDESD, Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development, www.swedesd.uu.se

• NordForsk• _____________________?

http://www.swedesd.uu.se/

NSCN is welcoming new membersIf your organization wants to join the network, please send the name of your institution, contact persons´ e-mails (can be several), link to your website, and logo to:

NSCN coordinator, Ms. Meeri [email protected], tel. +358 50 407 1884

NSCN mailing listIf YOU are personally interested in participating in our activities, join our mailing list by sending a request to Meeri Karvinen.

You´ll reach all members of the NSCN list by sending simply email to: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


NSCN contact information

Meeri Karvinen, NSCN project coordinator, environmental expert, Aalto [email protected], +358 50 407 1884, aalto.fi/nscn

Visiting address for Meeri: Aalto School of Engineering, Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland

nordicsustainablecampusnetwork.wordpress.com

Meri Löyttyniemi, chair of NSCN, sustainability manager , Aalto [email protected], +358 50 313 7549, aalto.fi/sustainabilityVisiting address for Meri: current location Kraainem in Brussels, Belgium



Students of Nordic Case Competition, a course in Urban Sustainable Development.October 2015 in Hanasaari-Otaniemi, Espoo / Finland.

“No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it.We have to learn to see the world anew.”

“No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it.We have to learn to see the world anew.”

Albert Einstein

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