| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.69 |
| Liaison | Tina Evans |
| Submission Date | Aug. 20, 2024 |
Colorado Mountain College
PA-2: Sustainability Planning
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.00 / 4.00 |
Tina
Evans Professor, Sustainability Studies Sustainability Studies |
Part 1. Measurable sustainability objectives
Academics
A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to academics and the plan(s) in which they are published:
Engagement
A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to engagement and the plan(s) in which they are published:
Operations
A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to operations and the plan(s) in which they are published:
In collaboration with our community partners at Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER) and Garfield Clean Energy (GCE), CMC's Facilities department developed a Sustainable Energy Conservation Procedure in order to reduce our energy consumption, our water usage and our carbon footprint and to transition to renewable energy sources. This document provides technical specifications on building energy policies and procedures in keeping with our 2009 ratification of the ACUPCC Presidents' Climate Commitment and our concomitant goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
Administration
A list or sample of the measurable sustainability objectives related to administration and the plan(s) in which they are published:
In 2023, the college adopted sustainability as a core institutional value during its recent update to its strategic plan called "Mountain Futures: CMC 2023-2030," which names four commitments as the pillars of our plans through the rest of the decade: Care, Equity, Integrity and Innovation. Moreover, in recognition of the effort it took to produce this first CMC STARS report, Mountain Futures officially designated AASHE STARS as one of the frameworks by which the College will measure its progress toward our strategic priorities, specifically within the Care commitment area that is focused on wellbeing. See the section on our Care-related strategic activities vis-a-vis the STARS framework.
Part 2. Sustainability in institution’s highest guiding document
The institution’s highest guiding document (upload):
Website URL where the institution’s highest guiding document is publicly available:
Which of the following best describes the inclusion of sustainability in the highest guiding document?:
Optional Fields
Website URL where the institution's sustainability plan is publicly available:
Does the institution have a formal statement in support of sustainability endorsed by its governing body?:
The formal statement in support of sustainability:
The institution’s definition of sustainability:
Is the institution an endorser or signatory of the following?:
| Yes or No | |
| The Earth Charter | --- |
| The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) | --- |
| ISCN-GULF Sustainable Campus Charter | --- |
| Pan-Canadian Protocol for Sustainability | --- |
| SDG Accord | --- |
| Second Nature’s Carbon Commitment (formerly known as the ACUPCC), Resilience Commitment, and/or integrated Climate Commitment | Yes |
| The Talloires Declaration (TD) | --- |
| UN Global Compact | --- |
| Other multi-dimensional sustainability commitments (please specify below) | --- |
A brief description of the institution’s formal sustainability commitments, including the specific initiatives selected above:
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability planning efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
CMC recently completed its new strategic plan: "Mountain Futures." That plan was approved by the Board of Trustees in May 2023. The plan is uploaded as a PDF here, and that document includes added highlighting of vision, mission, principles, and objectives elements that reference sustainability directly (using the term or describing its thrust). Some highlighted sections are also directly relevant to one or more of the STARS criteria. The addition of the highlights is not meant to indicate that other material that comprises the strategic plan is NOT related to sustainability. Most of it is or can be, but it is not entirely clear that sustainability is the central thrust of this unmarked material.
The PDF document included here was shared publicly with the CMC community in May 2023. The strategic plan information is now available online as well: https://coloradomtn.edu/about-us/vision-mission-values-principles/?ss360SearchTerm=strategic%20plan
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.