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Celebrating our community

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s Sustainability Awards Ceremony witnessed over 200 staff and students from all corners of the university join together, both online, and in person, to celebrate the unwavering dedication and hard work of our community members who have been striving to enhance the sustainability of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.

This year has seen fantastic progress in all areas of sustainability. As our team have progressed work on the new Sustainability Plan to extend our strategy first set in 2019, fantastic efforts by staff and students have continued to help us move towards our goals. The incredible efforts by teams and individuals of staff and students show that sustainability is being embedded across all areas of our university – there’s plenty more work to be done, but we can look back with pride at our achievements over the last year." Jason Clarke, Assistant Sustainability Director, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.

The Ceremony, hosted by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s Assistant Sustainability Director, Jason Clarke, celebrated an amazing 155 LEAF teams making their laboratories more sustainable, and 59 Green Impact teams working towards improving the sustainability of their offices and libraries. This year, we had 100 teams receive Gold Awards - more than ever before!

There were also five Special Sustainability Awards. These Special Awards were given to nominated individuals and teams who have shown to go the extra mile to achieve greater levels of sustainability in teaching, research, and operations at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and beyond. View the winners, and those who were highly commended at the end of this article. 

Guest speakers

Attendees heard from a range of speakers from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and beyond:  

• Jason Clarke, Assistant Sustainability Director;
• Prof. Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science and Pro-Vice Provost for the Grand Challenge of the Climate Crisis;
• Goksu Danaci, the newly-elected President of the Students' Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê;
• Dr Cathy Elliot, Associate Professor (Teaching) and Vice Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences;
• Kathryn Brown OBE, Director of Climate Change and Evidence, The Wildlife Trusts.

The awards

All winners were celebrated and given delicious cakes to celebrate their achievements. Award winners were able to have a photo with our new award trophies, made from reclaimed scaffolding wood by Elvisse & Kresse, who make luxury goods from rescued materials. The cakes were baked by Luminary Bakery, a social enterprise providing training, employment, and community to women in need. 

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in numbers

The fantastic accomplishments across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê add to a positive year for sustainability at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. In 2023/2024:  

• Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê retained its First-Class award in the People and Planet University League.
• 20 academics represented Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in the international climate negotiations at COP28, and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê sent a student representative, Mary McHarg, the President of the Student’s Union,to a COP for the first time. 
• The Marshgate building was completed and opened and we launched the pedestrianisation and greening of Gordon Street.
• Sustainable Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and the Students' Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê co-delivered the inaugural Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Sustainability Leadership Conference, an extra-curricular opportunity for students of any course, providing 2 days of talks and workshops from 80 exceptional speakers from the world of sustainability. 
• 28 Days of Sustainability returned, providing a full month of exciting sustainability events organised by staff and students.
• An Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Toolkit was launched to support academic staff to embed sustainability within their curriculum.
• More than 600 staff and students pledged to switch off during the Christmas and Easter periods, helping Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê to reduce 148 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to planting 2,467 trees and saving Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê over £215,340.
• Sustainable Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Accomodation, and the Students' Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê collaborated to launch Hazaar, the sustainable student marketplace, at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.
• All Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê East buildings achieved BREEAM Excellent status.

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• Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) toolkit.
• Sustainable student marketplace app to launch at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
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*On average, one tree can consume approximately 60kg of CO2 from the atmosphere.   

2024 Winners of the Sustainability Special Awards

Staff Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability

The winner of the 2024 Staff Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability is Prof. Andrea Sella, Professor of Chemistry in the Chemistry Department.  

Andrea is dedicated to cutting down water and electricity usage, analysing and collecting data on how to reduce waste. You’ll often find him in the basement with Estates staff, replacing faulty components and making our campus greener, demonstrating his unwavering commitment to sustainability.  

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The highly commended nominations for the Staff Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability were Dr Kate Roach, Associate Professor and Chair of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Steering Group, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, ²¹²Ô»åÌýMina Vasalou, Ross Purves, and Andrea Gauthier, Digital Design Thinking and Making (DDTM), Culture, Communication and Media – IOE.

Student Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability

The winner of the 2024 Student Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability is Hannah Simon, BSc Architecture, The Bartlett School of Architecture.  

Hannah Simon, the 2023-24 BSA Student Society President, is the driving force behind BSA’s sustainability initiatives. Working with staff across the school, she founded the "Founders Keepers" initiative, reducing material waste and supporting students with free resources! 

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The highly commended nomination for the Student Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability were Batool Wajiha Zaidi, Arts and Sciences BASc, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education / Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Sign Language Society, ²¹²Ô»åÌýAnoushka Jain, BSc Politics & International Relations, Department of Political Science.    

Sustainability Research Award

The winner of the Sustainability Research Award is Dr Isabela Butnar, Principle Research Fellow, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute for Sustainable Resources, Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources.

With her expertise in environmental modelling, Isabela co-developed a carbon calculator for scope 3 emissions in Cambridgeshire's waste sector. Launched in January 2023, this free tool, now has been embraced by 60 local authorities. Her innovative work is making waves in climate change mitigation.

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The highly commended nominations for Sustainability Research Award were ¶Ù°ùÌýSimon Chin-Yee, Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Political Science & School of Public Policy, and ¶Ù°ùÌýLakshmi Priya Rajendran, Lecturer in Environmental and Social Equity, Bartlett School of Architecture.

Sustainability Education Award

The winner of the Sustainability Education Award is the IOE's Primary PGCE Specialism Team, Institute of Education. 

The team partnered with the Royal Horicultural Society, integrating sustainability into initial teacher education through school gardening, reaching 300 schools and 200 student teachers, deepening their understanding of climate change and sustainable education. 

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The highly commended nominations for the Sustainability Research Award were awarded to the Business & Sustainability MSc team (Dr Samuel Tang, Dr Stuti Rawat, Paola Bertelli), BSEER ²¹²Ô»åÌýGiulia Pellizzari, Lecturer & Education Lead, Cancer Institute.

Sustainability Impact Award

The winner of the Sustainability Impact Award is Gather & Gather, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's catering contractor, collected by Charlotte Thwaite, Sustainability Manager..   

Gather and Gather has been leading the way in sustainability at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, through:  

• Reducing meat portions, saving 25,699kg of greenhouse gases
• Banned the sale of any recipes with the highest carbon rating  
• Partnered with ReeWild, encouraging more climate conscious eating 

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The highly commended nominations for the Sustainability Impact Award were awarded to the MechSpace Team, Mechanical Engineering, and Mary McHarg, Students’ Union Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê President.

Green Impact Awards

Bronze

HR Division
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Management
MAPS Faculty Office
SoP Finance
Science Library
SSEES Evergreens
Wickford Stores
Philosophy
SSEES Library
IoO The Green Team
CDB teaching

Silver

Wilms Team 
Green Laws
IOE Green
ICH Sustainability
EPH
ARCHERs
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Orthopaedics Library
Gang-Green
Sustainable@DIS
Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Bloomsbury Theatre

Gold

BBSSC Green Onions 
Student Centre Library Team
Division of Psychiatry
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Queen Square Institute of Neurology Offices
Queen Square Library
School of Pharmacy Library
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Careers
Pro-Provost (London) Office
Student Enquiries Centre
Psychology and Language Sciences
BSSC Green Onions 
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Strategy team
Archaeology Library
Language & Speech Science Library
Joint Library of Ophthalmology
OVPA Green Impact team
Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR)
Statistical Science
Bartlett Library
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Space and Climate Physics
BSEER Green Team
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê East Library
ICH Library
Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology
SustainableUASc
Bartlett Faculty Office
Mechanical Engineering
CBER
LCCOS Central
Royal Free
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Division of Surgery
Cruciform Hub
Dementia Research Centre [ION]
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Respiratory
Greek and Latin
Main library

LEAF Awards

Bronze

301
402
Advanced Propulsion Labs 
Anatomy Lab 
Attwell lab
B14
Basit Lab (315/B09/B35) 
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Bush Lab 
Centre for Integrative Anatomy 
Charras lab 
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Cruciform 3.1 
Ear Facility
Electron Microscopy facilities 
Electron Microscopy Unit 
Electrophysiology 526, iPSc Suite 507 
Fedorec Group 
G04: Optical Nanoscopy & 2D Electronics Laboratory 
G25 (Browne/Todd/Wells) 
Hailes-Tabor 435 Lab 
Harvey Lab 525 
Heinrich Lab (209) 
Institute for Liver & Digestive Health 
ION Facility
IoO Facility 
Jovanovic Lab 
KLB 220 - Baker, Chudasama, Sheppard 
Lab 322 and B25 Lane 
Laboratroy 409 
LMCB Greeners 
Maryam Parhizkar (B15) 
Mass Spectrometry Facility 
Mass Spectrometry STP 
Mercer Lab (532/532b/534/534a/534b) 
Michael Booth Lab 
Molecular Biology Facility 
NeuroGTx Viral Synthesis Facility (511) 
Neurophysiology Lab - Shah group (Rms 505, 509) 
People & Nature Lab 
Pharmacology Tissue Culture Suite (510/a) 
PSL1/PSL2 and Clinical skills
Rahim Lab 
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Rheumatology Royal Free 
Roberto Mayor and Sandip Patel 
Ruiz Lab  
school of pharmacy - B21 sensory pharmaceutics  
School of Pharmacy 201 
School of Pharmacy Lab 324 
Schroeder's Lab 
Simon Gaisford Research Laboratories 314 & B43  
SOP 405 
SOP Facility
SoP Lab 332a 
SOP Lab 333  
SoP Lab 344 
SoP lab 345 
SoP Lab 429 
SoP Lab 627  
SoP NMR Facility 
SoP Stores 
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Standing/Readman 117 
Sumner Labs (CBER) 
Thrasher Lab 
Turner Lab 
UG Lab 1 
UGI Microbial Lab 
Jovanovic Lab 
KLB 220 - Baker, Chudasama, Sheppard 
Lab 322 and B25 Lane 
Laboratroy 409 
LMCB Greeners 
Maryam Parhizkar (B15) 
Mass Spectrometry Facility 
Mass Spectrometry STP 
Mercer Lab (532/532b/534/534a/534b) 
Michael Booth Lab 
Molecular Biology Facility 
NeuroGTx Viral Synthesis Facility (511) 
Neurophysiology Lab - Shah group (Rms 505, 509)
People & Nature Lab 
Pharmacology Tissue Culture Suite (510/a) 
PSL1/PSL2 and Clinical skills 
Rahim Lab 
Regoutz LabRejectedBronze
Rheumatology Royal Free 
Roberto Mayor and Sandip Patel 
Ruiz Lab  
school of pharmacy - B21 sensory pharmaceutics  
School of Pharmacy 201 
School of Pharmacy Lab 324 
Schroeder's Lab 
Simon Gaisford Research Laboratories 314 & B43  
SOP 405 
SOP Facility
SoP Lab 332a 
SOP Lab 333  
SoP Lab 344 
SoP lab 345 
SoP Lab 429 
SoP Lab 627  
SoP NMR Facility 
SoP Stores 
SOP_Hiltonlab _427
Standing/Readman 117 
Sumner Labs (CBER) 
Thrasher Lab 
Turner Lab 
UG Lab 1 
UGI Microbial Lab 

Silver

218
Centre for Cell & Molecular Dynamics Imaging Unit
Centre for Clinical Microbiology 
Darwin 6th floor labs 
Darwin Research Facility (DRF) 
Dickman Lab (423/436/437) 
Dubowitz Neuromuscular centre 
Duchen Szabadkai 
Franz lab CDB 
I&I Cruciform Building 
ICH - Ground Floor Labs (Jenkins et al) 
Ijeoma Uchegbu Laboratory 326 
Insect Labs Darwin GFloor 
LG31 - Clarke Group 
Long Lab 
Palgrave Group 
Patricia Salinas Lab 
Pears Building  
Purton Lab 
Stern Lab 
Translational Myology (Dumonceaux/Voit) 
Worm Lab Anatomy 2nd Floor 

Gold

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Amrolia (ZCR) 
Barnes Lab 
Booth (ZCR) 
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Carmalt and Parkin Research Groups 
Central Facility 
Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging 
Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy Labs 
Confocal & Light Microscopy Core Facility
Crompton Lab 
Cruciform 3.4 
Department of Imaging Neuroscience 
Department of Neurodegenerative Disease 
Department of Neuromuscular Diseases 
Dept. of Clinical and Movement Neuroscience 
DSIS labs 
Ear Institute Labs 
Fielding Group - LG32 
Fish Floor Anatomy  
Flow Cytometry Core Facility Lab 
Fly lab Rockefeller 
G16 Electrochemistry Lab 
GCLP Facility 
Geography Labs 
GGM MBRD 1st Floor 
Graham Lab 101 
ICH - Respiratory Infection 
ICH Facility 
ICH Lab Management Team 
Institute of Healthy Ageing 
IoO labs 
KLB Facility 
Knapp Lab 
Kurian Lab - ZCR 
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 LG30 - Volpe Lab 
Neural Computation Laboratory - Cruciform Wing 2.2
NMD-Cruciform Building 
NPP, Huxley Building
NPP, Medawar Building
NPP, Medical Sciences Building 
NPP, Rockefeller Building
Pallett lab (IIT) 
PALS LEAF lab 
Pharmaceutics Departmental Labs/Facilities  
Pharmaceutics Tissue Culture Facility (301a) 
Regoutz Lab 
Rheumatology labs - Rayne 
Royal Free Facility
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
School of Pharmacy Teaching labs  
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SoP-MSc Teaching/Instrumentation Laboratory (B56) 
Sowden & Ferretti Lab 
Thermal Analysis Laboratory
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Genomics 
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Respiratory 
UK DRI 
Waudby Lab (421) 
Wedderburn lab 
WHO PSRL 
WLDI Skin Lab 
ZCR Cancer 

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We would like to send a heartfelt thanks to all across the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê community who have worked towards our sustainability goals this year. Our staff, students, Green Impact, and LEAF teams, as well as our Special Award winners, have been instrumental in making these accomplishments possible. As we look ahead to the new Sustainability Plan, we invite everyone at the university to help us work towards our goals. If you are eager to be part of a Sustainable Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, you can find out how to get involved below. Together, we can make #ChangePossible.

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