Company Membership Your sustainability journey starts here!
The EAUC is THE environmental and sustainable champion for universities and colleges across the UK
Run for its Members, the EAUC works with Educational and Company Members to drive sustainability to the heart of higher and further education
The HE sector alone accounts for an estimated purchasing power of £9 billion per annum on goods and services* * The British Universities Finance Directors Group 2010 estimate
We consist of over 300 UK Educational Members representing over 80% of the higher education sector and 35% of the further education sector
We have a sector market share of 58%
Together, with your support, the EAUC has a proven track record of continuously driving sustainability initiatives within the educational sector since 1996, including: •Annual Conferences •The Green Gown Awards •Innovative Projects producing new tools and resources •Policy advice & consultations •Continuing Professional Development
''Our EAUC membership is important as it provides us with a platform to network across the higher and further education sector in sharing best practice and innovation for waste management solutions‘’
Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc
The EAUC has over 3,500 Member contacts – we help you to connect
Working with You Company Membership is open to organisations offering products and/or services used by university and college professionals. Our ethos is to work with you to the benefit of our Educational Members: •
We will establish a bespoke relationship with you. Your account manager will build upon and develop your potential, exploring new opportunities and working together to develop events, tools, resources and sharing
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We have the contacts to help you reach out in a professional and effective way that builds value across your business
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When it comes to choosing products and services, our Educational Members can see the benefit too and share the rewards of collaborating with mutually committed companies on their sustainability journey
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We constantly listen to – and seek out- the needs of both our Educational Members and our Company Members and explore and identify new initiatives and collaborations to the benefit of you both
“Membership has enabled us to discuss our environmental credentials with Universities and Colleges and engage with multiple key educational stakeholders on this important topic. At EAUC events, we have been able to demonstrate how we have helped institutions reduce both expenditure, waste and their carbon footprint”
Canon (UK) Ltd
Your Needs
“EAUC Membership is essential to us because it helps us share our sustainability mission zero policy with our key audience”
With corporate social responsibility (CSR) high up on everyone’s agenda, we will help you visibly achieve areas of your CSR targets by leveraging your brand and your business allowing for opportunities to create solutions that work for you, your business and the environment.
Interface Europe Ltd
• By identifying your company with the EAUC, you will obtain instant recognition from our Educational Members, enhancing your profile and opening the door to new opportunities
Our Voice
• By using the EAUC logo on your marketing materials, you are conveying your support to sustainability
We are recognised as THE environmental and sustainable member-led organisation for the higher and further education sector in the UK.
• By engaging with us you are not only helping the sector to operate more sustainably but together we are achieving a more sustainable future
We have essential links with all of the funding councils for the higher and further education sector, government and sector bodies, spanning the whole of the UK. We take an active role in shaping the policies and legislation which affect our Members and responding to governmental and environmental consultations. We are the voice of our Members. We support and regularly speak on sustainability initiatives for the sector at national and international high profile sector events.
With our help we can bring your values to life and generate real social and environmental change
Company Membership is open to any commercial business working in or wishing to access the higher and further education sector. If you have a product and/or service offering sustainability initiatives for the sector then this is an opportunity you cannot afford to miss.
Benefits of Membership • Leveraging awareness of your brand and your business to over 300 educational institutions across the UK • Company and brand exposure to over 3,500 individual key decision-makers within the sector • Addressing your CSR needs and delivering on target areas • Use of the EAUC logo* on company stationery and communication tools • Inclusion in the Green Directory giving you an immediate online profile • Subscription to “Earth”, the bi-monthly Member magazine, including unlimited electronic copies to all your company contacts to help get your employees engaged • Exclusive “Insider”, the electronic monthly Company Member newsletter including: Headline sector news, hot topics – inside information on the EAUC website’s top links, searches and queries from Educational Members, calls for expressions of interest to write editorials, case studies, and/or articles, updates on current EAUC opportunities, link to “enews”, the online Educational Members weekly newsletter • Opportunities to enhance company profile exposure and showcase your products and services with headline sponsorship and discounted exhibitor and advertising rates at EAUC events such as: The Annual Conference - the sustainability event of the year for the sector & The Green Gown Awards - recognising exceptional initiatives being taken by universities and colleges across the UK to become more sustainable The Green Gown Master Classes - fantastic networking opportunities with past winners of the Green Gown Awards sharing best practice and their journey to success •Opportunities to work with us on: Innovative projects producing new tools and resources Continuing Professional Development training events • Exclusive online opportunities to promote your Member discounted goods and services to Educational Members • Access to Members section of the EAUC website
Find out more at www.eauc.org.uk
The EAUC Company Membership annual subscription is based on the number of company employees: Group 1 £500 + VAT (1-10 employees) Group 2 £700 + VAT (11-25 employees) Group 3 £900 + VAT (26-100 employees) Group 4 £1300 + VAT 101-500 employees) Group 5 £1500 + VAT (500+ employees) Disclaimer: Any company member applying for membership must pass the sustainability criteria applicable to EAUC membership. *Company Membership does not represent any form of EAUC endorsement of the Company Member, or any product and/or service and no such representation may be made. It is not a means to access the EAUC’s membership database for marketing purposes.
Your sustainability journey starts here! Become an EAUC Company Member today www.eauc.org.uk
Our Vision is a university, college & learning and skills sector where the principles & values of environmental, economic & social sustainability are embedded Our Mission We will lead, inspire & equip Members and stakeholders with a shared vision, knowledge & the tools they need to embed sustainability within curriculum and operations Our Values Leadership and service for sustainability, Partnership and independence, Commitment and creativity, Listening, understanding and learning
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