Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.09
Liaison Tom Hartzell
Submission Date June 28, 2017
Executive Letter Download

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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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.


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.


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

A brief description of each sustainability office:
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Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
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Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
No

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
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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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