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The following resources have been created to help teams complete Green Impact.
Each resource has been organised into Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Sustainability Plans, and signposted towards the relevant criteria.听
All听criteria are linked to 果冻影院鈥檚 signature campaigns and sustainability foundations. You can find more resources and information on these commitments听here.听
Find out more about Green Impact here.听
- Starter Pack
We have created a Starter Pack containing the key information about Green Impact, including key dates and deadlines for this year. Download the document听here.听
- Build Your Team
While promoting Green Impact is an aspect of workbook criteria, it听is also听useful for your team to recruit new members, helping you to achieve听more. Feel free to be creative in engaging new teams and team members.听听
We have created a graphic听and email template听to promote Green Impact across your communications channels.听We recommend that senior management sends out these engagement emails to encourage staff to sign up to Green Impact.听
- Water Saving Resources
- Energy Saving Resources
- Sustainable Travel Resources
Find resources for reducing the environmental impact of your travel here.
- Funding
You can apply for funding to support your Green Impact work after creating a Sustainability Plan.听This Sustainability Plan is a bespoke plan which focuses on the unique sustainability opportunities and challenges that are connected to your area of work. You can find the steps to creating a plan in听听or at the bottom of this page.
Please arrange a meeting with your听Sustainability Business Partner听to discuss creating a Sustainability Plan and your request for funding,听before filling in the听.听
The deadline for applying for funding is the 2nd of February 2023.
Bronze
- Criteria O002: Join the 果冻影院 Green Champions MS Teams site and听Mailing听List
果冻影院 is run sustainably: We have joined the 果冻影院 Green Champions MS Teams site听and Green Champions Mailing List.听
To stay up to date with everything Green Impact, ask questions, connect with other Green Champions,听share ideas and resources, join the听果冻影院 Green Champions Network on MS Teams and the Green Champions Mailing List.听听
- Join the Teams site
- Sign up to the mailing list
You can unsubscribe听to both听at any time.听
- Criteria O003: Contact your Business Partner and听Faculty Lead Green Champion
果冻影院 is run sustainably: We have introduced ourselves to our Business Partner听in the Sustainable 果冻影院 Team, and our Faculty Lead Green Champion听if we have one.
Your Faculty Lead Green Champion should be your first point of contact for any questions you have about Green Impact. If you do not have a Faculty Lead Green Champion, or if they cannot answer your question, then you can contact your Sustainability Business Partner in the Sustainable 果冻影院 Team.听
- Contact Max Vidotto to get you in touch with your听Sustainability Business Partner听
- Contact your Faculty Lead Green Champion here.
- Criteria O007: Encourage staff to switch off heating and cooling听
Positive Climate: We have encouraged staff to switch off cooling and heating controllers in our office and meeting rooms.听
Heating and cooling that is left running overnight is a significant energy user,
You could discuss switching controllers off in your team meeting, or request that members of staff switch off contollers via a newsletter or email.
If you experience any issues with the controller, .
This does not apply if you don't have walled controllers.
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- Criteria O008: Encourage听staff to optimise their computer energy usage听
Positive Climate: We have encouraged staff and students to optimise their energy usage on their computers.听
This includes:
- Creating听good ventilation for your laptop: this can be done by using a laptop stand, and making sure to regularly clear the fans of dust;
- Unplugging your laptop once it is full of battery;
- Adjusting your laptop settings so it goes into 鈥榮leep鈥� mode when left idle for a few minutes;
- Shutting down your computer when you鈥檙e not using it, and unplugging it.This could be communicated via email, posters or screens.听
An email template you can send to your colleagues can be .
Poster templates have been created in line with Sustainable 果冻影院鈥檚 branding: please download them and adapt the text according to your needs.
There are 3 different posters, each relating to one of our signature campaigns:听听
- Criteria O011: Encourage students to complete the Student Sustainability Induction
果冻影院 inspires action: Our students have been encouraged to complete the Sustainable 果冻影院: Change Possible induction
It is important that all students receive a sustainable education at 果冻影院. Contact your Faculty Tutor to ensure all students within your faculty have the opportunity to complete the module.
You can find it here.
- Criteria O012: Replace old posters and听use our poster template
The Loop: We have taken down and recycled our old posters. If we create new posters, we use Sustainable 果冻影院's template.
We have pre-made posters available, that you are free to download and put up around your building:
The Loop - bins and recycling posters and more
Positive Climate - energy-saving posters and more
Poster templates have also been created in line with Sustainable 果冻影院鈥檚 branding: please download them and adapt the text according to your needs.听
There are 3 different posters, each relating to one of our signature campaigns:听听
- Criteria O018: Purchase items from Warp-It
The Loop: Our department, faculty or business area purchases items from听Warp-It before buying new.听
Warp-It is 果冻影院鈥檚 main redistribution platform, allowing staff to find听sustainable听second-hand听items and rehome their used resources. It can be used for any surplus reusable items (as long as they are for university use, not personal use);听most commonly furniture, stationery, electrical items, or educational resources are listed.听
- Sign up to Warp-It here.听
- Follow our re-use guide听for tips and tricks on how to lead a low-waste life.听
- Criteria O021: Create accessible and inclusive events and听communications
果冻影院 is run sustainably: All our events and communications are accessible and inclusive.听
Accessibility and inclusivity are important for all staff to consider, regardless of whether they are completing Green Impact. 果冻影院 has various guides and resources to help you ensure that your events and communications meet accessibility and inclusivity requirements,听giving everyone at 果冻影院 the opportunity to contribute to its sustainability goals.听
- Criteria O023: We have promoted the Nearby Nature Campaign听
Wild Bloomsbury: We have promoted the Nearby Nature Campaign to students and staff
The 果冻影院 Wellbeing Tram are collating a list of local green and blue spaces (such as rivers, ponds, lakes) and creating a map that 果冻影院 members of staff and students can use if they wish to visit these spaces. This is to highlight areas that can improve physical and psychological wellbeing.听
Promote the campaign through emails and newsletters by linking the Nearby Nature Campaign.
You're听welcome to contribute to this map by .
You're also welcome to share the itself across your channels.听
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- Criteria O034: We include sustainability in our induction tours.
Positive Climate: We include sustainability in our student, departmental, faculty or staff induction tours.听
- What your department or faculty is doing to run sustainably
- Sustainability Research being undertaken
- How students can get involved including the ambassador programme, student council and living lab programme
- How students can join your green team e.g. through the Sustainability Ambassador programme
- How to recycle
- Nearest water fountains, cycle parking and shower facilities
- Where to find calm, quiet and nature to boost wellbeing.Here are some pages to help inform you on some of the mentioned items:
The Loop - Recycling at 果冻影院听- one of our three major sustainability campaigns here at 果冻影院.
Being Well at 果冻影院听- Recognising the importance of practicing self-care, showing kindness and managing compassionately.
Student Support and Wellbeing听- Offering a safe space for all students to discuss anything confidentially that might be affecting their studies.
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.- Criteria O036: Include a sustainability statement in job descriptions
果冻影院 is run sustainably: We have worked with Human Resources to include 果冻影院's sustainability statement in the job descriptions for all new staff.听
By including environmental听good practice听in听job descriptions, it helps create culture change as听new staff听will be on board with environmental issues from their first day. It can also help to attract greener staff to apply for jobs in the department. Create your own statement or use the following statement:听
'The staff member has a responsibility to carry out their duties in a way that embodies 果冻影院鈥檚 environmental and social sustainability values, actively supporting 果冻影院鈥檚听Sustainability Strategy, policies and objectives within the remit of their role.'
Your HR rep should be able to include it in all new job descriptions.
- Criteria O037: We want to highlight suppliers providing too much packaging
The Loop:听We have flagged to听听any suppliers who are providing too much packaging, or have contacted the suppliers ourselves.
Many departments have greatly decreased packaging by contacting suppliers directly themselves, or by completing a form to report this to 果冻影院's central procurement service. Complete the form听.
- Criteria O040: We reduce food waste at events
The Loop:听We reduce food waste at events.
If you order food, you can ring 果冻影院's catering suppliers to discuss food quantities, so you are not ordering more than you need.
Read this document听to which will provide听you with some ways in which you can reduce food and drink waste at your events.听
You are also welcome to have a look at further resources:果冻影院's Sustainable Food website
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- Criteria O044: Add听sustainability to your website
果冻影院 inspires action: We have promoted our sustainability commitment on our website.听
If your department has its own webpage, we recommend adding a听'Sustainability Page' containing information on what the department is doing to reduce its environmental impacts. You should confirm the changes you have made with your听Sustainability Business Partner听before publishing. It should include:听
- Information about 果冻影院's Sustainability commitments and a link to听the听Sustainable 果冻影院 webapge.
- Your department, faculty or business area's commitments to sustainability covering operations, teaching and research.
- Key contacts of Faculty Lead Green Champion, or Green Champions.
- Information on how students and staff can get involved.
Best practice examples:听
- Criteria O045: Apply for a Student Sustainability Ambassador by the 24th of October
果冻影院 inspires action: We have applied for a Student Sustainability Ambassador by the 24th of October to work with us throughout the year.听听
Students are incredibly valuable to teams. They have lots of exciting ideas, can engage with students and create blogs, newsletters, social media posts and posters. It will also help students when applying for jobs听and will enhance their knowledge of听sustainability.
by听the 24th听of October听here.
Sustainable 果冻影院 will train and support them; you can find out more here.听
- Criteria O058: Complete 果冻影院's plastic reduction form
The Loop: We have completed 果冻影院's plastic reduction form to report any single-use plastics we have removed.听
果冻影院 is working to reduce its plastic consumption: we听have designed a form for teams to report the single-use plastics they have removed. This will allow us to track plastic use and reduction across 果冻影院, shaping future action. You can complete this form more than once.听
Access the form
- Criteria O060: Establish a wellbeing scheme
Wild Bloomsbury: We established a wellbeing scheme听e.g听lunch-time walks or movement, meditation moments, cycle to听work day听etc.听听
View examples of engagement activities below:
- Criteria O061: Coordinate a faculty-wide sustainability induction
果冻影院 inspires action: We have worked with our Faculty Tutor to coordinate a faculty-wide sustainability induction for students.听
See what other faculties have done听here:听
- Criteria O062: Give a live sustainability induction
果冻影院 inspires action: We give a live sustainability induction annually to our students using Sustainable 果冻影院's induction slide template with notes.听
View our 听here.听
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- Criteria O064: Complete 果冻影院's green infrastructure form
Wild Bloomsbury: We have completed 果冻影院's green infrastructure form to report any spaces which could be greened, or spaces which have greenery.听
As part of 果冻影院鈥檚 Sustainability Strategy, 果冻影院 is committed to creating 10,000m2 of听additional听biodiverse space across Bloomsbury by 2024.听Completing听the听form听below听will help 果冻影院 baseline its existing green听infrastructure and听showcase听opportunities for enhancing it.听
Fill in the form.听
Sustainability Plans
- Complete a Sustainability Plan
Prior knowledge of sustainability is required:听Once teams have a good understanding of sustainability through undertaking either the Office or LEAF workbooks to Bronze听level, we recommend creating a Sustainability Plan. We have created a template that you can use, or (and this is preferred) you can integrate sustainability into an existing operating plan for your business area.听
Understanding the Sustainability Plan is key: This Sustainability Plan is a bespoke plan which focuses on the unique sustainability opportunities and challenges that are connected to your area of work. Teams can choose whether the plan should cover the whole faculty or just their department.听
Check for existing plans: First, please check with your Sustainability Business Partner听whether听there are any existing Sustainability Plans within your department, faculty, library, or business area. If there are already plans, you can feed knowledge into them. Where plans are absent, you can follow the steps below to develop a plan.
Co-host a workshop:听Co-host a sustainability workshop with your Sustainability Business Partner in your department, faculty, library, or business area. Ask senior management to send out the invite. It is good to invite everyone but ensure academics, professional staff and students are all present.听Download slides for the workshop here.听
Create your Sustainability Plan听using this听template.
Applying for funding: If听necessary, apply for funding听by the听2nd February 2023听.听Please note that Sustainable 果冻影院 will not fund office plants, posters or sustainable merchandise e.g. reusable cups. The department, business area or faculty must undertake the planning for the project.听For example, it is not enough for the department to identify that lights or windows need replacing - they will have to work with Estates to create a project for this, work out the funding and then seek this from Sustainable 果冻影院.The maximum for a funding bid is 拢2,000, however, Sustainable 果冻影院 may consider other higher bids where they make a significant contribution to 果冻影院's Sustainability Strategy.听Projects will be chosen for funding by Sustainable 果冻影院, based on how impactful and closely aligned to the 果冻影院 Sustainability Strategy they are.听Please arrange a meeting with your Sustainability Business Partner to discuss this, before filling in the funding application form.
Get senior sign off:听It is useful to work with senior management throughout the process to ensure sign off. Please get in touch if you need support with this.
Discuss your progress: Meet your Sustainability Business Partner to discuss progress - we recommend meeting termly for support.
Write a case study:听Once plans are created we ask that you create a case study to share your work and encourage others to do the same.听
See examples of听previous听plans听for听inspiration:听听
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