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Target summary
| Operational Area | Target (2021/22) | Actual (2021/22) | Target achieved? | Target (2022/23) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Emissions |
Achieve 15% reduction against 2018/19 baseline |
10,862 tonnes (14% reduction against baseline) |
No |
Achieve 20% reduction against 2018/19 baseline |
| Water Consumption |
Achieve 2% year-on-year reduction |
236,764m3 (2.7% reduction) |
Yes |
Achieve 2% year-on-year reduction |
| Waste and Recycling |
Reduce proportion of general waste to 43% |
47.5% |
No |
Reduce general waste proportion to 41.5% |
|
Increase proportion of waste reuse to 4.6% |
5.15% |
Yes |
Increase waste reuse proportion to 6.25% |
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Biodiversity and Landscape
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Achieve 80% of the committed areas of coppiciung annually (4398 m2) |
3691 m2 |
No |
Achieve a minimum of 80% of the committed areas of coppicing annually (4652 m2) |
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Complete 1 central campus biodiversity project |
Wildflower connectivity project behind Eliot college complete |
Yes |
Complete 1 central campus biodiversity project |
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Increase acerage of flower and grass meadows by 0.4 acres |
4.4 acres |
Yes |
Increase acerage of flower and grass meadows by 0.4 acres |
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Install 1 interpretation board |
Biodiversity Stratgey board installed on central campus |
Yes |
Install 1 interpretation board |
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Transport |
Develop new Travel website |
Website developed |
Yes |
Awaiting new travel plan targets |
|
Construction |
All new buildings to achieve BREEAM ' Very Good' |
Pears building - BREEAM Excellent |
n/a |
Achieve a minimum of 60% of in scope criteria using the in-house sustaiablity assessment checklist |
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Procurement |
Develop catagory specific stragey documents for each procurmeent catagory. Each catagory should be assessed by the Sustainability team as green (low sustainability risk), amber (medium sustainability risk) or red (high sustainabiolity risk) and catagory strategies shoild include additional sustainability questions and/or increased weightings commensurate with the level of risk.
|
Roll over to 2022/23 due to staff resource issues |
No |
As 2021/22 |
| Engagement and Communications |
Achieve 50 sustainability champions |
57 champions |
Yes |
Achieve 60 sustainability champions with all 6 divisions represenated |
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Run 8 sustainability workshops |
Ran 3 workshops (online) |
No |
Recruit and train 3 champions for peer-to-peer pilot projects |
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Hold 2 sustainability events |
Held 1 events |
No |
Deliver 4 events/activities including a summer celebration |
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Develop 4 external community partnerships |
Developed 4 external partnerships |
Yes |
Develop opportunities for staff to engage with campus volunteering centrered around sustainability |
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Reach 1700 social media followers |
1787 social media followers reached |
Yes
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100 themed posts across Instagram and Twitter 12 themed internal communications |