Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.67
Liaison Julie Newman
Submission Date Sept. 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EN-8: Employee Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 MIT Office of Sustainability
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Percentage of new employees that are offered orientation and/or outreach and guidance materials that cover sustainability topics:
100

A brief description of how sustainability is included in new employee orientation:
Prior to the pandemic, all new employees attended an in person workshop where they were informed about options for making parking and commuting decisions via the Access MIT program, which was designed to encourage sustainable commuting through free monthly MBTA passes embedded in all employee ID cards. They are also encouraged to explore the Atlas Learning Center where they would find the online course: "Responsible Waste Disposal Practices", which educates them on the proper way to dispose of waste on campus and includes a game at the end to sort various common items.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about sustainability in employee orientation is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
For more information, please see:
https://hr.mit.edu/new-employees/first-months
https://sustainability.mit.edu/access-mit

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