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