| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 74.30 |
| Liaison | Joséanne Bélanger-Gravel |
| Submission Date | Sept. 2, 2022 |
Polytechnique Montréal
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Joséanne
Bélanger-Gravel Sustainability Advisor Sustainable Development Office |
Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
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 head, one service director, one faculty member, one research associate, two members from support staff, four student members from student societies (AECSP and AEP), and both sustainability advisors. An external member may sit on it as well.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
List of CODDEP members for 2021-2022:
• Laura Ahunon, president, AECSP (Graduate Students Society)
• Hazem Al-Saedi, Campus Development (non-academic staff)
• Pierre Baptiste, professor, Head of Academic Affairs (upper management)
• Joséanne Bélanger-Gravel, sustainability advisor, Sustainable Development office
• Sophie Bernard, professor (faculty)
• Bénédict Besner, technician (non-academic staff)
• Françoise Bichai, professor (faculty)
• Chantal Cantin, director, Communications and Public Relations Office (non-academic, management)
• Patrick Cigana, sustainability advisor, Sustainable Development office
• Alexandre Courchesne, course lecturer (faculty)
• Éric Doré, director, Student Services (non-academic, management)
• Lakdar Kamouche, director, Buildings (non-academic, management)
• Élizabeth Labonté, student, Polysphère (environmental student committee)
• Laurence Martel, Operations Coordinator, PolyFab Normand-Brais FabLab (non-academic staff)
• Louise Millette, professor, Head of the Sustainable Development Office and Committee Chair
• Catherine Morency, professor, or Owen Waygood, professor (faculty)
• Maxime Riera, president, AEP (Undergraduate Student Society)
• Annie Rochette, Coordinator, University Affairs, AEP (Undergraduate Student Society)
• Audrey Rondeau, communications advisor, Sustainable Development Office
• Jean-Denis Roy, Section Head, Human Resources (non-academic staff)
• Élise Saint-Jacques, Registrar's Office (non-academic staff)
• François Saunier, research associate (non-academic staff)
Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:
A brief description of each sustainability office:
The "Bureau du développement durable" (Sustainable Development 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 of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The 2020-2024 Action Plan was developed after a vast consultation of the Polytechnique community. More than 2,000 members responded to a survey or participated in consultation activities. All the information for its development is registered on a webpage: https://www.polymtl.ca/polydd/
Please refer for 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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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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