Next steps

The College views this strategy as the beginning of a systematic approach to environmental sustainability across all College activities.

Our Responsible Investment Policy, which has been developed in parallel with this document, is an important part of our approach.

This strategy includes a highly ambitious aim of achieving carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030, ahead of the University’s aspirational date of 2038. There are constraints which currently affect our ability to achieve this aim, such as the capacity of services infrastructure which is beyond our control. Other key factors include the availability of technology in the near future, and the potential for serious disruption to essential College activities.

Nevertheless, the measures outlined in the strategy commit the College to do everything we possibly can to minimise our negative impacts on the environment. Our progress towards the targets outlined in this document will be reviewed every Term by the Environment Committee, and we aim to revise this publication as an Annual Sustainability Report. Future revisions will include information from the College’s external land and property holdings audit, with targets to improve sustainability across the College’s estate.

Many of the targets set rely upon sustained changes in behaviour across the whole community. We look forward to working together to make Jesus College a more sustainable place to live, work and learn, both now and in the future.

The Environment Committee Jesus College June 2021