Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.08
Liaison John Pumilio
Submission Date July 17, 2013
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Colgate University
PAE-2: Strategic Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 6.00 John Pumilio
Director of Sustainability
Sustainability Office
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Year the strategic plan or equivalent was completed or adopted:
2,004

Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the environmental dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
No

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the environmental dimensions of sustainability:

A new strategic plan is underway at Colgate University. An on-going process, the new strategic plan includes a pledge for Colgate University to be Carbon Neutral by 2019.


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the social dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
No

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the social dimensions of sustainability:

The strategic plan process, which is underway, includes the goal of being carbon neutral by 2019.


Does the institution's strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include the economic dimensions of sustainability at a high level?:
No

A brief description of how the strategic plan or amendment addresses the economic dimensions of sustainability:

In January 2009, Colgate became a signatory of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).

By signing the commitment, Colgate pledged to complete a baseline inventory of emissions, take immediate short-term action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make “sustainability” a component of our formal curriculum, and create a step-by-step plan with measurable goals including a target date for reaching climate neutralit


The website URL where information about the strategic plan is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The university is undergoing a strategic planning process. Major components of this plan include the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan and a Master Planning Process, both of which affirm our commitment to sustainability. This plan should be completed in 2013.


The university is undergoing a strategic planning process. Major components of this plan include the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan and a Master Planning Process, both of which affirm our commitment to sustainability. This plan should be completed in 2013.

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