Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.28
Liaison David Blodgett
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Babson College
EN-9: Staff Professional Development

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Asheen Phansey
Director of Sustainability
President's Office
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Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all staff at least once per year?:
Yes

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of employee participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
Yes

Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training that is either provided or supported by the institution (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more):
1-24%

A brief description of any internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to staff:

On every Community Learning Day, the Sustainability Office conducts presentations to faculty and staff about sustainability and has focused on training sessions covering topics such as how to compost at home, tools for living a sustainable life, and participating in the campus' community garden. Additionally, the day also has several topics around diversity and inclusion, such as educational sessions to inform employees about trans* culture, etc.

The Sustainability Office does several presentations and training sessions for individual offices about sustainability at Babson.


A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution(e.g. through payment, reimbursement, or subsidy):

The Sustainability Office has supported staff traveling to the AASHE conference, where they were able to attend sessions directly related to their work on campus. For example:
2013: Steve Tolley, Facilities
2016: Kathy Esper (Academic support), Tracey Reza (Undergraduate Dean's Office), Vikki Rodgers (faculty)


Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) for which sustainability is included in performance reviews (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more) :
0

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The Community Learning Day content changes from year to year, so information on specific sessions is available under the past events section at http://hr.babson.edu/communitylearningday/.


The Community Learning Day content changes from year to year, so information on specific sessions is available under the past events section at http://hr.babson.edu/communitylearningday/.

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