Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.01
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date March 2, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Indiana University Bloomington
EN-9: Staff Professional Development

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Bill Brown
Director of Sustainability
Office of sustainability
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Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all staff at least once per year?:
Yes

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of employee participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
Yes

Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training that is either provided or supported by the institution (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more):
1-24%

If sustainability professional development and training opportunities for staff are made available or supported, provide at least one of the following:

A brief description of any internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to staff:
Human Resources hosts a yearly training session on sustainability which is open to all faculty and staff. The two hour session on sustainability at IUB and beyond is conducted by University Director of Sustainability, Bill Brown. Capital Planning and Facilities recently collaborated with the Office of Sustainability to create an eTraining module for faculty and staff about recyclables and procedures on the Bloomington campus. Hundreds of staff have taken the training since it was launched less than one year ago.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution(e.g. through payment, reimbursement, or subsidy):
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Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) for which sustainability is included in performance reviews (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more) :
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Current offerings available at the link may or may not have a session on sustainability. The HR trainings site is updated several times per year.

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