Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.04
Liaison Thomas Adams
Submission Date July 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
EN-8: Employee Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Josephine Hynes
Director of Human Resources
Human Resources Office
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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:

An Induction Handbook is provided and an Induction Coordinator is present in each school to attend to the needs of the new employee. HR have sustainably centralised staff induction and the happens once quarterly.

Aspects of sustainable travel, health and safety and mobility are covered in the handbook. NUI Galway through its partnership process is committed to promoting sustainable travel initiatives for its staff and students.


Website URL where information about sustainability in employee orientation is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

A portal for staff and induction is based at this link here:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/human-resources/formanagers/welcoming-new-staff/


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.