Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.88
Liaison Joséanne Bélanger-Gravel
Submission Date June 3, 2019
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Polytechnique Montréal
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Shirley Fagnen
Sustainable Development Advisor
Sustainable Development Office
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Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:

Polytechnique’s Sustainable Development Orientation Commmittee (CODDEP) oversees the implementation of the sustainability approach. The CODDEP is the main body though which:
-internal stakeholders are regularly consulted;
-the implementation of Polytechnique’s Sustainable Development policy is discussed and monitored;
-the sustainability action plan is conceived and its implementation is monitored;
-the content of the annual report on sustainability is reviewed and validated.
The CODDEP is composed of about 20 people with members from the entire Polytechnique community. It includes at least one member from senior management, one department director, one service director, one faculty member, one research associate, two members from support staff, four student members from student associations (AECSP and AEP), and both sustainability advisors. An external member may sit on it as well.


Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):

List of CODDEP members for 2018-2019:
• Pierre Baptiste, professeur, Département de mathématiques et génie industriel et directeur des études supérieures
• Sophie Bernard, professeure, Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel
• Bénédict Besner, technicien, Département de génie mécanique
• Françoise Bichai, professeure, Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines
• Philippe Bouchard-Aucoin, adjoint au développement durable, Association Étudiante de Polytechnique
• Chantal Cantin, directrice, Service des communications et des relations publiques
• Patrick Cigana, conseiller principal en développement durable, Bureau du développement durable
• Alexandre Courchesne, chargé de cours et associé de recherche, Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines
• Joséphine De Bruycker, vice-présidente aux services, Association Étudiante de Polytechnique
• Matthieu Décoste, chef de secteur service et entretien, Service des immeubles
• Éric Doré, directeur, Service des étudiants de Polytechnique
• Shirley Fagnen, conseillère en développement durable, Bureau du développement durable
• Francis Guay, président de PolySphère
• Marcelin Joanis, professeur, Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel
• Caroline Mailhot, maître d’enseignement
• Renée Michaud, conseillère au développement et aux partenariats r&d, Bureau des partenariats et de l’infrastructure de recherche
• Louise Millette, professeure, Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines, responsable du bureau du développement durable et présidente du CODDEP
• Catherine Morency, professeure, Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines
• Guillaume Nyami, Coordonnateur aux services, Association des étudiants des cycles supérieurs de Polytechnique
• Audrey Rondeau, conseillère en communications, Bureau du développement durable
• Élise Saint-Jacques, coordonnatrice, Centre de développement des compétences aux études supérieures
• François Saunier, associé de recherche, Département de génie chimique (représentant CIRAIG)
• Jean-Denis Roy, conseiller principal en relations de travail, Service des ressources humaines


Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) employee?:
Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:

The "Bureau du développement durable" (Sustainability Office) coordinates the actions for sustainability at Polytechnique. The advisors act as persons of reference. They give advice on practices, guidelines, policy enforcement, regulations and procedures to integrate sustainable development within the operations, the community and the curriculum. They are in charge of the annual reporting. Since August 2016, a communications advisor has joined the team (part-time) and since April 2018, both advisors have permanent positions.


Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
2.40

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Shirley Fagnen and Patrick Cigana, Sustainability Advisors

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution (e.g. a campus-wide committee or an officer/office responsible for the entire campus)?:
Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:

Please refer to the latest Sustainability Reports, which detail Polytechnique's accomplishments and highlight the contributions of the entire community. They are available on-line here: https://www.polymtl.ca/durable/politiques-plans-daction-et-resultats/rapports-annuels-de-durabilite

A web page entitled Detailed Results, launched in January 2017, completes the report: https://www.polymtl.ca/durable/politiques-plans-daction-et-resultats/resultats-detailles


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