Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 34.79
Liaison Eric Dodge
Submission Date Dec. 30, 2022

STARS v2.2

Hanover College
EN-6: Assessing Sustainability Culture

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 1.00 Eric Dodge
Professor
Economics
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Does the institution conduct an assessment of sustainability culture?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered to::
A subset of the campus community or a sample that may not be representative of the entire community

Which of the following best describes the structure of the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered::
Without a follow-up assessment of the same cohort or representative samples of the same population

A brief description of how and when the cultural assessment(s) were developed and/or adopted:
Over the course of two weeks in Fall 2022 employees were surveyed with a "Employee Engagement" survey. All employees were emailed and provided a link to the Google form survey and two subsequent reminders were sent. Two randomly selected employees were given 12-ounce stainless steel water bottles to incentivize participation.

A copy or sample of the questions related to sustainability culture:
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A sample of the questions related to sustainability culture or the website URL where the assessment tool is available:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHfyqzwjwkef01dHb2_8TuXk_QscYNmRG8WImhFYN9cLnLeA/viewform?usp=sf_link

A brief description of how representative samples were reached (if applicable) and how the cultural assessment is administered:
Some questions were borrowed, with permission, from institutions like Butler University, American University (DC),and Dickinson University. All Hanover employees were invited to participate.

A brief summary of results from the cultural assessment:
Sixty four employees (about 15% of all employees) responded to the survey, with half identifying as faculty and half as staff.
Below are a small number of results.
How strongly do you agree with this statement? "Supporting Hanover's sustainability efforts is part of my job. 71.9% agree or strongly agree.

How strongly do you agree with this statement? "Hanover encourages employees to be sustainable at the workplace." 17.2% agree and zero strongly agree.

How well informed do you feel you are about sustainability events and programs at Hanover? 47.6% agree or strongly agree.

We also learned that 61% of employees had participated in the campus Free Store, 29.3% had attended a sustainability speaker, and 87.8% had participated in one of our e-waste recycling days.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the assessment of sustainability culture is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
A spreadsheet of responses has been included.

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