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Green Impact

The Green Impact scheme is a sustainability programme for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê faculties and departments. Teams work through an online toolkit to complete sustainability actions and achieve an award. There are bronze, silver, and gold award levels.

Green Impact empowers Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê departments to improve their sustainability impact, to support Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’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 toolkit 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 Ceremony.
Training and Guidance

Training

Take the Change possible: Sustainable Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÌýcourse on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê'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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê 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 toolkit.ÌýThey can undertake a research project, organise events, and help you work through the criteria.

Apply to workÌýwith a Sustainability Ambassador by the 14thÌýOctober 2024

If you miss the deadline for applying for a Sustainability Ambassador, you are very welcome to recruit and work with students from your department on a more informal basis and manage this yourself.

Key DatesÌý
  • The toolkit is reviewed every summer and launched in September.
  • Deadline for staff to apply for a Student Sustainability Ambassador: 14thÌýOctober 2024.
  • Deadline for students to : 13thÌýOctober 2024.
  • Staff and students are notified of their pairing by 21st October 2024.
  • First meetings between staff and students to be arranged between them within Term 1.
  • Green Impact Submission deadline: 12thÌýMay 2025.
  • Green ImpactÌýAudits: 27th-29th May 2025.
  • Awards Ceremony:ÌýJuly 2025. SeeÌý2024 Sustainability Award winners.
Toolkit GuidanceÌý
  • Access the workbookÌýon the , whichÌýcontains all essential information about completing the criteria, including links to relevant resources and key contacts.Ìý
FacultyWorkbook to complete
Library, Culture, Collections and Open Spaces (LCCOS)LCCOS area only.
Central LCCOS Services

Central LCCOS ServicesÌýarea.

Office space staffOffice area only.
ResidencesResidences specific area.
Central Residence TeamCentral ResidenceÌýTeam area.
Lab staffPlease refer to ourÌýLEAF pages.

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Resources


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View resources created to help teams complete Green Impact. Each resource has been organised into Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Sustainability Plans, and signposted towards the relevant criteria.Ìý

>ÌýGreen Impact: Sustainable Office Resources

LabsÌý


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If you would like to reduce the environmental impact of yourÌýlaboratory, please head to ourÌýLEAF webpage.

>ÌýLEAF - Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework