Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.81
Liaison Austin Eriksson
Submission Date Nov. 29, 2021

STARS v2.2

California State University, Northridge
EN-7: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.03 / 3.00
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Total number of employees:
4,107

Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
1,444

Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
35.16

Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
Sustainability Champions Program

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

Sustainability Champions are employees who have a vested interest in sustainability, and have committed to being a liaison for their department regarding sustainability communication and initiatives. Champions attend monthly trainings, webinars, and other forums aimed at increasing their knowledge of sustainability, and inspiring them to drive change and awareness within their own departments.

Sustainability Champions get to know CSUN's sustainability staff on a much closer level, and communicate with them regularly to get questions answered, request presentations at department meetings, get feedback and guidance on sustainability challenges, and more.

This network of sustainability practitioners gives more employees access to sustainability-related knowledge, announcements, and other resources. CSUN's Sustainability Champions give not only a voice to the campus' sustainability initiatives, but also additional eyes and ears. Through this network, sustainability has a deeper presence on campus, and information about sustainability programs and opportunities can flow more easily both to and from sustainability program managers and campus employees.


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

The Sustainability Champions program is designed to target all CSUN employees (staff, faculty, and student assistants). Ideally, every department should have a known Champion that department members can turn to as a resources.


Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
56

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):
1

Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
2,350

Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st 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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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):
2,350

Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.57

Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:
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