Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 64.13
Liaison Michael Kensler
Submission Date Feb. 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Auburn University
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.57 / 3.00 Jennifer Morse
Administrator: Outreach and Communications
Office of Sustainability
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Total number of employees:
6,060

Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
300

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
4.95

Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
Peers Network

A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):

Employee Ambassadors represent units across the university. The Office of Sustainability trains the Ambassadors to affect change, and then this network of changemakers works in their respective areas to help Auburn University achieve its sustainability goals, particularly in relation to the university’s day-to-day operations. Ambassadors are required to attend 3 trainings, and 8 Lunch and Learns during their two-year commitment, in addition to leading a change initiative in their unit. Ambassadors are paired with a student intern who is their official Office Liason during the time of the students' internships. Each unit participates in a unit assessment that documents sustainability-related practices. Office Liasons are available to help research options and answer questions that the Ambassadors are interested in. An example of peer-peer outreach activities include pulling together purchasers and decision makers to change purchasing habits, such as switching to purchasing recycled-content paper. Through the collective interests of the Ambassadors, the Battery Recycling Program was expanded into more buildings in the core of the campus and is supported by Office Liaisons. Additionally, through the Peers Network program the Green Labs Program has gained focus and momentum.


A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):

The program seeks to find Ambassadors who will champion sustainability in their unit by educating others and undertaking a change effort in their unit.


Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
13

Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
50

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
2

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
1,300

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
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Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
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Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
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A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (all other programs):
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all programs):
1,300

Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.21

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