Welcome to… Route map for Sustainability and Responsibility in Higher Education Institutions.
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Welcome to…
Route map for
Sustainability and Responsibility
in
Higher Education Institutions
Association of Sustainability Practitioners
…to create and promote learning
that transforms behaviour from
unsustainable to sustainable practices
Objectives
• Define Sustainability and Responsibility drivers and obligations in the context of HEIs
• Summarise the current state of play of the “Universities that Count” benchmarking
• Identify the opportunities and advantages for developing Sustainability and Responsibility in HEIs
• Develop a HEI route map for Sustainability and Responsibility
Agenda
Why is this important
– Discussion Coffee
Where are we now
– Discussion Lunch
Where do we want to be
– Discussion Tea
How are we going to get there
– Discussion Finish
Outcomes
• Shared understanding of what HEIs need to achieve in Sustainability and Responsibility
• Clarification of where we are on the route, the next steps and timescales
• Motivation to join with others on the journey
• Shared learning
Route map for
Sustainability and Responsibility
in
Higher Education Institutions
Gwyn Jones
Associate Director ASP
…and father
…and university stakeholder
So what contribution do universities make in people’s lives?
knowledge
experience
K+E=wisdom
choices
Inspiring futures
– for us and future
generations
RIP
So what contribution do universities make in people’s lives?
- Help/equip them to make wiser life choices.
Role as Educator:
• Courses that equip students for their future • Citizens or employees, consumers or community
members ??
• How are students influenced by the environments in which they learn ??
• meeting their higher expectations and greater awareness of the need for more sustainable life-styles ??
• environments that re-enforce the values and behaviours that will lead to the communities we desire ??
Role as Employer:
• Terms and conditions for employees
• Quality of the working environment
• Can people apply their own personal values?
• Encouragements and reward for promoting/innovating sustainable practice
• Inspiring places to work that promote personal development
Role as Institutions within the local community:
• Impact/interaction with the community?
• Wise and responsible uses of resources (money/carbon/energy/buildings/waste etc.)
• Access for the community to university facilities (libraries, sports, culture, arts…)
• Knowledge exchange with society
Environmental CSR
Sustainability & Responsibility
Sustainability & Responsibility Route Map
Current Practice
Future Practice
Way Forward
Drivers
Barriers
Why?
Session 1: Why is this important
Questions
• Why is this important for me and my organisation?
• What is driving this?
Output
- list of reasons why
- list of drivers
Session 2: Where are we now?
Divide into 4 groups, each group taking one of the pillars of CR; Environment, workplace, community & market place.
Each group to share what is happening in these areas from their own perspective.
Collect output on flip charts.
Session 3:Where do we want get to?
Questions
• What does the destination look like?
• What is holding us back?
Output
– collective description of the destination.
- list of barriers
Session 4: “Are we there yet?”
Questions
•What do we need to know to understand the route better.
• Who is travelling with us
• What has to happen now?
Output
- 3 lists