Green Impact
Green Impact empowers °×С½ãÂÛ̳ departments to improve their sustainability impact, to support °×С½ãÂÛ̳’s Sustainability Strategy.
- How to get involved?
- Check if your area of work already has aÌýFaculty Lead Green ChampionÌýyou can connect with.
- If you don't have a Champion, contact your Sustainability Business Partner.Ìý
- Register with an existing team, or create a new one on the .
- Stay up to date by signing up to theÌý.
- Join theÌýÌýfor tips.Ìý
- Work through our interactive online workbook to make positive changes within your department or office.Ìý
- Gather evidence of your positive actions and submit it to the Green Impact team.Ìý
- Earn points and work your way up the levels (Bronze, Silver and then Gold)
- Student volunteersÌýaudit teams in May to check that the workbooks have been completedÌý
- All accreditations are acknowledged at the Annual Sustainability Awards.
- Training and Guidance
Training
Take the Change possible: Sustainable °×С½ãÂÛ̳Ìýcourse on °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s mandatory training page.
GuidanceÌý
- TheÌýÌýandÌýÌýare key sources of information throughout the year.
- Faculty Lead Green Champions supportÌýmembers of staff in their faculty to completeÌýGreen Impact. They should be your first point of contact forÌýquestions relating to the programme.ÌýFind your Faculty Lead Green Champion.
- For those who do not yet have a Faculty Lead Green Champion, you should contact your Sustainability Business Partner. Your Business Partner is someone from the Sustainable °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Team who has been assigned to your faculty or business area, and can act as a point of contact for any questions you have relating to Green Impact.
- Get help from Student Sustainability Ambassadors
Students are trained as Sustainability AmbassadorsÌýto help teams complete the workbooks.ÌýThey can help you choose actions, gather evidence, and submit your work toÌýfulfill your Sustainability Plans.
Apply to workÌýwith a Sustainability Ambassador by the 12ÌýOctober 2023
- Key DatesÌý
- The toolkit is reviewed every summer and launched in September 2023.
- Deadline for staff to apply for a Student Sustainability Ambassador: 12ÌýOctober 2023.
- Deadline for students to : 12ÌýOctober 2023
- Staff and students are notified of their pairing by 19ÌýOctober 2023.
- First meetings between staff and students to be arranged between them within Term 1.
- Green Impact Submission deadline: 13ÌýMay 2024.
- Green ImpactÌýAudits: 28Ìýand 29ÌýMay 2024.
- Awards Ceremony:ÌýJuly 2024. SeeÌý2023 Sustainability Award winners
- Workbook GuidanceÌý
- Access the workbookÌýon the , whichÌýcontains all essential information about completing the criteria, including links to relevant resources and key contacts.Ìý
Faculty Workbook to complete Library, Culture, Collections and Open Spaces (LCCOS) Library Workbook only Central Library Team Central Library Team workbook
Office space staff Office workbook only Residences Resident specific workbook Central Residence Team Central ResidenceÌýTeam workbook. Lab workers Please refer to ourÌýLEAF pages