Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.05
Liaison	Ellie Perry
Submission Date	Feb. 15, 2023

STARS v2.2

California State University, Dominguez Hills
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.00 / 1.00	Ellie Perry Sustainability Manager Facilities Services

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Sustainability committee(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:

Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:

The CSUDH University Sustainability Committee serves in an advisory capacity to the President and is charged with cultivating interest, promoting, and supporting efforts to educate the campus community and institutionalizing sustainability at CSUDH. Equally important, it ensures the university’s ongoing prominence as a sustainability leader in higher education locally, regionally, and nationally.

Full Charter here: https://www.csudh.edu/Assets/csudh-sites/pm/docs/2021-02-revised.pdf

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

Staff, faculty, and students are all encouraged to attend and participate as committee members. There are currently 40+ members from all areas of campus, but chartered representatives (unit and election process) are listed in the charter:

Committee Co-Chair- staff member (& Office of President)
Committee Co-Chair- staff member (Office of Sustainability)

Provost- representative (staff/faculty)
Academic Senate- faculty
Admin & Finance- staff
Enrollment Management and Student Affairs- staff
IT- staff
Advancement- staff
Facilities Services- staff
Housing- staff
Loker Student Union- staff
Dining- staff
ASI - Rep (student)
Sustainability Club - Rep (student)
Earth Science Club- Rep (student)
Ecology Club- Rep (student)
Office of Sustainability-student

Sustainability office(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:

Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:

The Office of Sustainability is managed by a full-time sustainability manager with support from a full-time Zero Waste Coordinator and a full-time Americorps VISTA member. The office is part of Facilities Services. There are also 8 part-time student interns working for the Office of Sustainability, all of whom are paid through a combination of campus and outside grant funds.

Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):

Sustainability officer(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:

Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:

Ellie Perry, Sustainability Manager

Institution-wide coordination

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:

Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:

Sustainability efforts are spearheaded by the full-time Sustainability Manager with stakeholder support from the campus-wide University Sustainability Committee.

The Sustainability Manager earned the statewide 2019 CSU Sustainability Champion Award at the CA Higher Ed Sustainability Conference (CHESC) and currently serves as the CSU system-wide chair for the Sustainability Officers group. Other accomplishments are listed in the Office of Sustainability's annual report.

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Job title of the sustainability officer position:

Sustainability Manager

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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:

http://www.csudh.edu/sustainability

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