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Creating a Sustainable City Annual Report 2016/17
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President’s foreword This is the fifth Sustainability Report, compiled by the University’s Sustainability Team, which provides a broad review of the sustainability activities we have undertaken during 2016/17.
City is committed to embedding sustainability within Using this approach City’s ESD initiatives will: all of the University’s activities – playing a leading role • Take account of disciplinary differences in promoting sustainability both locally and globally • Illustrate different mechanisms for its promotion as one of our key values. and application Our aim is to fulfil this, not only by reducing our • Focus on areas such as: carbon emissions and ensuring that our facilities are – The formal curriculum built to the highest sustainability standards but also – Informal learning and curricula through our commitment to behaviour change and – Campus sustainability. education for sustainable development. We hope this report will help to communicate the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) sustainability message to our staff, students and involves the recognition and infusing of sustainability, all University stakeholders and we look forward to through formal and informal means, in learning, continuing our journey towards a sustainable future. teaching, curriculum design, research and studentled activities.
Professor Sir Paul Curran President
Performance at a glance Met Partially met Not met
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Environmental Management System structure
Embedding Sustainability
Our Environmental Management System (EMS) remains certified to the international standard ISO14001; ensuring we remain legally compliant, are continually improving our sustainability performance and embedding environmental management practices across the institution.
University Strategy Sustainability Strategy Sustainability Policy
Formal
Informal
Curriculum and Research
The diagram on the right shows our 13 sustainability measurement areas and how they relate to the University Strategy.
Subliminal
Carbon Management Waste Management Water Construction and Maintenance Transport and Travel Biodiversity Sustainable Food and Fairtrade Ethical Investment Workers’ Rights
Sustainable Procurement Environmental Management Stakeholder Engagement
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Carbon Management
Construction and Maintenance
2016/17 Target
2016/17 Target
2% reduction year on year by the end of 2016/17.
Maintain a minimum 80% recycling rate from all construction projects.
Result: Met
Result: Met
33% reduction against 2005/06 baseline:
Waste recycling rate of 100% (494 tonnes).
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Tonnes CO2 /annum
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2016/17 target
10000
Minimum requirement of SKA silver at design and handover.
8000 6000
Result: Met
Baseline reduction Actual reduction Target reduction
4000 2000
Academic year
Carbon emissions reduced by 15% (7,134 tonnes).
Percentage of renewable energy 91%.
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2017/18 targets • M aintain a minimum 90% recycling rate from all construction projects. • Minimum requirement SKA Silver at design and handover. • Monitor BREEAM credits to ensure the maximum available are achieved at Cass and Sebastian Street.
Waste Management 2016/17 target
2017/18 target
Achieve a minimum 65% recycling rate across campus.
• Reduce carbon emissions by 2%.
Result: Not met Total recycling rate of 63%.
Water 2016/17 Target Reduce water consumption across all sites by 5%.
Result: Met
2016/17 target Achieve 55% recycling rate at Cass and The City Law School.
Result: Partially met
Water consumption reduced by 15% (46,195 m ). 3
2017/18 target • Reduce water consumption by 3%.
Cass Business School recycling rate of 65%.
The City Law School recycling rate of 44%.
2017/18 targets • A chieve 65% recycling rate across campus. • A chieve 55% recycling rate at The City Law School.
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Biodiversity
Sustainable Food and Fairtrade 2016/17 target
2016/17 target
Increase membership of the Bee team by 30%.
Achieve an overall Sustainable Restaurant Association rating of one for City, University of London.
Result: Not Met There were 48 members of the Bee team, a 7% increase.
2016/17 target
Result: Partially met An overall rating was not achieved due to changes in the SRA rating system. Lexington have been recertified and received a two star certification and Sodexo are awaiting final certification.
50% of relevant refurbishment projects to target the ecology Good Practice Measure.
2017/18 target
Result: Met
• A chieve a minimum one star SRA rating across City. • Maintain Fairtrade university status.
The main entrance refurbishment project included several biodiversity elements including tree planting and a green roof. The Drysdale ground floor project include SKA ecology Good Practice Measures. A new university garden will be delivered as part of phase 2.
2017/18 targets • Increase unique Bee team attendees by 10%. • Hold four gardening events for staff and/or students.
Transport and Travel The University conducts a staff and student travel survey every two years.
Ethical Investment 2016/17 target Establish and publish the University position in regard to ethical investment and divestment.
Result: Met Through positive and negative screening, City seeks companies demonstrating a responsible approach to environmental social and governance issues and avoids investing in companies which do not. Further details are included in our Sustainable Investment Policy.
2017/18 targets
2016/17 results 20% of the respondents for the student and staff surveys walk or cycle to the University.
• Communicate the sustainable investment policy to our stakeholders.
79% of the respondents for the student and staff surveys use public transport to travel to the University.
2016/17 target 60% of international travel to be booked via central travel management agency.
Result: Not met 2017/18 target • Update the University travel plan to reflect changes to the University.
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Sustainable Procurement
Curriculum and Research
2016/17 target
City aims to, where appropriate, align its curriculum with the wider aims of sustainable development. To this end City has mapped its curricular and research output against the three pillars of Sustainable Development.
Develop a robust process for Sustainability involvement in relevant tenders.
Result: Partially met
Courses referencing Sustainability
The Procurement team notify the Sustainability team of upcoming tenders to allow inclusion of sustainability criteria where relevant.
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2016/17 target
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Achieve level 4 in all areas of the Flexible Framework and set up the building blocks to aim for Level 5 for 2017/18.
Result: Partially met The University has reached level 4, however a target has not been set to reach level 5.
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Economy Environment Social
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CASS
CLS
SOASS
SMCSE
SHS
The three pillars of sustainable development City’s research outputs against sustainable development criteria.
2017/18 target • D eliver Life Cycle Appraisal training sessions for all project and procurement managers.
Workers’ Rights City is committed to exceeding the statutory minima for the majority of the terms and conditions of service for our staff. This includes a commitment that all staff are paid at a level above the London Living Wage and that contractors with staff working on City’s premises ensure those staff are paid at the level of the London Living Wage.
50
CASS
SASS Economy Environment Social
40
30
SMCSE
LAW
20
SHS
10
0
The shaded area represents the total number of pieces of research in each school. Some research cuts across two or three pillars.
2016/17 target Complete review of curricular output by 2017.
Result: Not met
2017/18 target • C omplete review of curricular output by 2018 against Sustainable Development Goals. • R EF submission to be reviewed in 2020.
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Stakeholder Engagement
Staff Engagement
2017/18 target
The Sustainable City Challenge is an in-house staff engagement programme that gives staff the opportunity to make their departments and the University more sustainable. Staff can take part in monthly challenges and organise their own Extra Mile projects (campaigns, events or activities that have a positive impact on the environment or society).
Complete a sustainability communications and engagement review.
Sustainability Leaders Sustainability Leaders work with the Sustainability team to deliver engagement projects on campus and in the community.
2016/17 target 600 unique participants in the Sustainable City Challenge.
Result: Met 779 staff participated at least once in the Sustainable City Challenge.
2016/17 target Fifteen students to complete a project as part of the Sustainability Leader programme.
35 Extra Mile Projects completed by staff.
2017/18 target
Result: Not met
• On average, each Sustainable City Challenge participant to complete two challenges.
11 students successfully completed the Sustainability Leaders Programme and delivered the following projects:
Sustainable City Week
Starting up a food co-operative.
Hosting a swap shop for staff and students.
Selling reusable cups on campus.
Promoting Earth Hour to students.
2016/17 target Develop and deliver a programme of events for staff and students during Sustainable City Week.
Result: Met
652 students signed up to the sustainability mailing list and had the opportunity to participate in one-off volunteering opportunities.
2017/18 target • Five projects to be completed by the Sustainability Leaders.
ity celebrated the C 8th Sustainable City Week.
ver 15 events, stalls O and activities were held throughout the week.
Highlights included the Cycle Cinema, the Great City Bake-off and a lip and beard balm making workshop, using wax from City’s bee hives.
2017/18 target • D evelop and deliver a programme of events for staff and students during Sustainable City Week.
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