| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.24 |
| Liaison | Claudia Kent |
| Submission Date | June 11, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Haverford College
PA-2: Sustainability Planning
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Jesse
Lytle VP and Chief of Staff Office of the President |
Does the institution have current and formal plans to advance sustainability in the following areas? Do the plans include measurable objectives?:
| Current and Formal Plans (Yes or No) | Measurable Objectives (Yes or No) | |
| Curriculum | Yes | No |
| Research (or other scholarship) | Yes | No |
| Campus Engagement | Yes | No |
| Public Engagement | Yes | Yes |
| Air and Climate | Yes | Yes |
| Buildings | Yes | Yes |
| Dining Services/Food | Yes | Yes |
| Energy | Yes | Yes |
| Grounds | Yes | Yes |
| Purchasing | Yes | No |
| Transportation | Yes | No |
| Waste | Yes | Yes |
| Water | Yes | Yes |
| Diversity and Affordability | Yes | Yes |
| Health, Wellbeing and Work | No | No |
| Investment | Yes | No |
| Other | No | No |
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Curriculum:
Environmental Studies and other interdisciplinary curricular areas looking at social/policy issues are a centerpiece of the current strategic plan's Academic Plan available here:
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Curriculum plan(s):
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Curriculum plan(s):
Provost
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Research (or other scholarship):
Environmental Studies and other interdisciplinary subjects looking at social/policy issues are a centerpiece of the current strategic plan's Academic Plan, which also contains provisions to advance related faculty scholarship.
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Research plan(s):
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Research plan(s):
Provost
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance Campus Engagement around sustainability:
Per Strategic Plan 5.F:
2. Engagement. The Committee on Environmental Responsibility (CER) is the campus community’s coordinating body for environmental issues. In addition to sponsoring a ‘green purchasing’ policy for campus operations, CER partners with departments in order to promote sustainable practices, ranging from local sourcing in the Dining Center and composting food waste, to energy conservation strategies. We will increase the administration’s participation in CER in order to strengthen the group’s leadership role in promoting campus engagement, as well as support the continued engagement of the enterprising student groups pursuing other environmental goals, such as CISR’s management of a “sin portfolio” of stocks that enables students to participate in shareholder activism with respect to companies that present particular social and environmental concerns.
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Campus Engagement plan:
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Campus Engagement plan(s):
Chief Sustainability Officer
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance Public Engagement around sustainability:
Per Climate Action Plan 4.3.1.
Develop pieces on climate neutrality and sustainability for the College website and possibly printed media to inform and educate the Haverford community about
the initiatives on campus. These pages will be updated often to include a schedule of upcoming events and to feature progress being made on campus to reduce carbon footprint.
www.haverford.edu/greening_haverford/files/Haverford_College-Climate_Action_Plan.pdf
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Public Engagement plan(s):
Completion of communications projects within duration of Climate Action Plan.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Public Engagement plan(s):
Committee on Environmental Responsibility
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Air and Climate:
In December 2007, Haverford signed the ACUPCC commitment. As detailed on our Climate Action Plan, we have chosen an approach to climate neutrality that focuses on reducing the amount of energy consumed by the College, using the energy we do consume more efficiently, employing renewable and alternative energy and using offsets as our final tool when all other reasonable means of emission reduction have been exhausted.
www.haverford.edu/.../Haverford_College-Climate_Action_Plan.pdf
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Air and Climate plan(s):
The Commitment obligated the College to:
submit within two months information on the institutional structure for developing their
climate action plans, including designating the institutional liaison and two tangible actions
to be implemented before the end of year 2;
report the results of their GHG emissions inventories within 1 year;
submit their climate action plans within 2 years;
update their GHG emissions inventories within 3 years and at least every other year
thereafter (years 5, 7, 9 etc.);
submit narrative reports describing progress in implementing their climate action plans
within 4 years and at least every other year thereafter (years 6, 8, 10 etc).
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Air and Climate plan(s):
Chief Sustainability Officer
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Buildings:
Per Strategic Plan 5.F.3. "All future buildings to meet or exceed LEED Gold standards or equivalent."
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Buildings plan(s):
% of new/renovated buildings meeting LEED Gold standards.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Buildings plan(s):
Director of Facilities Management
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Dining Services/Food:
Strategic Plan Section 2.B.1. calls for dining and meal plan options that are aligned students’ dietary needs, lifestyles, and budgets, which will include enhanced composting, organic, and locally-sourced foods.
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Dining Services/Food plan(s):
Volume of compostable material diverted from waste stream per year.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Dining Services/Food plan(s):
Sustainability Coordinator, Director of Dining Services
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Energy:
Per Section 3 of Climate Action Plan, employ various end-use mitigation strategies: lighting, HVAC, retro-commissioning, systems upgrades. Electric submetering of dorms to promote conservation.
www.haverford.edu/.../Haverford_College-Climate_Action_Plan.pdf
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Energy plan(s):
Annual measurement of projects completed, KWH's saved, dollars saved through R&R cycle.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Energy plan(s):
Director of Facilities Management
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Grounds:
Per Strategic Plan 5.E.2.:
• Ongoing 10-year plan to increase the large canopy cover by 10%.
• Continue to remove Norway maples in the woods to reduce competition to allow native species to return.
• Underplant the large specimen trees in center campus so there will be another tree of significant volume in place when declining trees need to be removed.
• Plant 10 to 15 new trees each year
• Expand ongoing conversion of turf into meadows.
• Release of beneficial insects in Pinetum; possible expansion to other areas
Date Revised: July 10, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Grounds plan(s):
Percent increase in tree canopy; # of trees planted; other projects completed.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Grounds plan(s):
Assistant Director for Arboretum
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Purchasing:
Continued promotion of Green Purchasing policy
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Purchasing plan(s):
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Purchasing plan(s):
Sustainability Coordinator
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Transportation:
Per Strategic Plan 5.C: Improve employee orientation to include promotion of commuter resources: public transit, biking, etc.
Date Revised: July 11, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Transportation plan(s):
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Transportation plan(s):
Director of Human Resources
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Waste:
Per Climate Action Plan 3.5.4: New composting program underway in Dining Center.
www.haverford.edu/.../Haverford_College-Climate_Action_Plan.pdf
Date Revised: July 11, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Waste plan(s):
Volume of waste diverted from waste stream per year.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Waste plan(s):
Sustainability Coordinator
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Water:
Per Strategic Plan 5.E.2: Campus pond will be dredged; stream channel improvements and riparian buffet replanted in improved areas.
www.haverford.edu/.../Haverford_College-Climate_Action_Plan.pdf
Date Revised: July 11, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Water plan(s):
Completion of work by 2016.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Water plan(s):
Assistant Director for Arboretum
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance Diversity and Affordability:
Per Strategic Plan 5.C. the College actively seeks to recruit a diverse student body and hire employees of diverse races and backgrounds.
Per Strategic Plan 5.B. the College is considering changes to its financial aid policy to limit the amount of accumulated debt of graduates and make the College more affordable.
Date Revised: July 11, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Diversity and Affordability plan(s):
Annual progress on the percentage of students across various categories: students of color, first generation, low ses.
Annual progress on the percentage of faculty and staff of color.
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Diversity and Affordability plan(s):
Director of Admission and Financial Aid
Director of Human Resources
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Health, Wellbeing and Work:
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Health, Wellbeing and Work plan(s):
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Health, Wellbeing and Work plan(s):
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in Investment:
Per Strategic Plan 5.F.2 the College will continue to hold a "sin portfolio" through which a College committee can participate in shareholder activism.
Date Revised: July 11, 2014
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the Investment plan(s):
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the Investment plan(s):
Chief Investment Officer
A brief description of the plan(s) to advance sustainability in other areas:
The measurable objectives, strategies and timeframes included in the other plan(s):
Accountable parties, offices or departments for the other plan(s):
The institution’s definition of sustainability:
We embrace UN definition: Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Does the institution’s strategic plan or equivalent guiding document include sustainability at a high level?:
A brief description of how the institution’s strategic plan or equivalent guiding document addresses sustainability:
The current strategic plan names sustainability as one of its guiding themes. It specifically addresses "Sustainability and Environment" as one of its core tenets of institutional stewardship, realized through emphases on academics, engagement, operations, and planning.
Date Revised: July 11, 2014
The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability planning is available:
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