Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.09
Liaison Tom Hartzell
Submission Date June 28, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Calvin University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Becky Haney
Associate Professor
Economics
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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:
http://www.calvin.edu/admin/comm/envstewardship/ESC_bylaws_201307.pdf The link to the mandate is above and the mandate and composition of the committee are reproduced below. Energy and Environmental Sustainability Committee Mandate: The Environmental Stewardship Committee shall be responsible to: 1. Be an advocate on behalf of the Calvin community on environmental matters. 2. Serve as a structure for the exchange of information and communication among the decision-making units that influence the environment. 3. Help the Vice President of Administration and Finance prioritize projects. 4. Set environmental stewardship and sustainability standards and guidelines for campus services and activities. 5. Hold the Planning and Priorities Committee accountable to environmental concerns as stated in the Strategic Plan. 6. Track progress of sustainability efforts on campus. Reporting Relationship: The Environmental Stewardship Committee will report to the Faculty Senate. Composition Twelve members: Director of the Calvin Environmental Assessment Program, Director of Physical Plant (or designee with on-campus energy management experience), Coordinator of Recycling Program, one at-large faculty member (preferably from among faculty involved in either CEAP or Sustainability Across the Curriculum), one at-large staff member, student representative of the Environmental Stewardship Coalition, Student Senate representative, Vice President of Administration and Finance (ex officio), faculty representative of the Plaster Creek Stewards leadership team, faculty representative of the Sustainability Summit leadership team, faculty CERF mentor, and representative of Residence Life staff involved in sustainability. Among the faculty ESC members all three academic divisions shall be represented and one will serve as chair.

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Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):
The Committee Members for 2015-2016 include: Gail Heffner, Director of CEAP Caroline Chadderdon, Staff Becky Haney, Sustainability Summit Leadership Team Rep. Matt Heun, Faculty CERF Mentor Henry Kingma, Coordinator of Recycling Program Claire Lambert, Environmental Stewardship Coalition Becki Simpson, Residence Life Jack Phillips, Director of Physical Plant (designee) James Skillen, Faculty Sally Vander Ploeg, VP for Administration and Finance Dave Warners, Plaster Creek Stewards Leadership Team Rep. Claire Lambert, Student Senate RepresentativeComposition: Twelve members: Director of the Calvin Environmental Assessment Program, Director of Physical Plant (or designee with on-campus energy management experience), Coordinator of Recycling Program, one at-large faculty member (preferably from among faculty involved in either CEAP or Sustainability Across the Curriculum), one at-large staff member, student representative of the Environmental Stewardship Coalition, Student Senate representative, Vice President of Administration and Finance (ex officio), faculty representative of the Plaster Creek Stewards leadership team, faculty representative of the Sustainability Summit leadership team, faculty CERF mentor, and representative of Residence Life staff involved in sustainability. Among the faculty ESC members all three academic divisions shall be represented and one will serve as chair.

Sustainability Office(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) employee?:
No

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Sustainability Officer(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
No

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Institution-Wide Coordination 

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution (e.g. a campus-wide committee or an officer/office responsible for the entire campus)?:
Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
Descriptions of the activity and accomplishments of the committee are available for the last three years. Here is a link to the online report for the most recent year. http://www.calvin.edu/admin/comm/FSReports/1415/ESC.pdf

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