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BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY TO LIFE
BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY TO LIFE
If our Connected University’s commitments as a studentfocused, digital-led and civicminded institution are to establish roots and bear fruit in the longer term, it is essential we start from a solid base. In order to create sufficiently strong foundations, it is not enough to view sustainability as an adjunct to our existing activities. Instead, sustainability must represent the cornerstone of our operations, informing all of the decisions we make and the direction we take from the ground up.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY It is for these reasons we have developed Staffordshire University’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy, which forms part of our institution’s broader Social Responsibility Policy. Guided by the principles set out in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this strategy embraces our responsibility as both a guardian of both our own environment but also an organisation with the ability to have influence way beyond its own geographical boundaries. Our Environmental Sustainability Strategy goes far beyond green initiatives by proactively acknowledging and evaluating the impact of our ongoing operations, such as teaching, research and commercial activities. Neither is its focus limited to the environmental ramifications of future developments as it also accounts for the effects of physical locations within our existing portfolio, including their energy consumption and carbon emissions.
