Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.17
Liaison Abhinaya Ganesh
Submission Date Nov. 21, 2024

STARS v3.0

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
PA-4: Sustainable Investment Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 4.00
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4.1 Sustainable investment policy or committee

Has the institution formally incorporated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and/or climate risk as material issues to be considered when making investment decisions?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of how the institution has incorporated ESG factors and/or climate risk as material issues to be considered when making investment decisions:

·    NARRATIVE :

  • Being a not – for – profit Institution, running on donations and Student fee, we do not have extra funds for investing in other ventures. However, all investments are screened for Sustainability aspects.
  • All Infrastructure investments are guided by the Green Audit recommendations. Under the leadership of President, the Project Management team incorporates all sustainability aspects in infrastructure investments, before presenting it to the budget approval committee. Some examples of Sustainable investment in infrastructure are

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a)   Degradable waste recycling process

An Organic Waste Compost Machine is installed at the backyard of our SSN campus near Cricket ground for manufacturing natural organic manure from the available wastes from the campus. The degradable wastes like vegetable wastes, paper wastes, lawn mowing wastes, dried leaves etc are collected and sent to the Compost machine periodically for preparing organic manure and the prepared manure is used at our campus for Landscaping purpose.This is a routine process being followed every day.

 

Non - Degradable waste disposal process

  • Non - degradable wastes are segregated and disposed of through a third-party vendor by our Store department. The E-wastes are disposed through PCB certified vendors by the IT & stores department.
  • Solar Energy harnessing- narratives to be added from IGBC
  •  LED street lighting - narratives to be added from IGBC
  • Sensor based activation of electrical appliances in hostels- narratives to be added from IGBC

 


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Points earned for indicator PA 4.1:
0

4.2 Negative screening and divestment

Does the institution employ negative screening and/or targeted divestment in support of sustainability?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing evidence of the institution’s use of negative screening and/or targeted divestment in support of sustainability:
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Points earned for indicator PA 4.2:
0

4.3 Investor engagement 

Has the institution engaged in proxy voting in support of sustainability during the previous three years, either directly or through an investment manager?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s proxy voting in support of sustainability:
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Has the institution filed a shareholder resolution or signed on to an investor statement in support of sustainability during the previous three years, either directly or through an investment manager?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the shareholder resolutions or investor statements in support of sustainability:
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Is the institution an active participant in one or more sustainability or ESG-focused investor networks?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s participation in sustainability or ESG-focused investor networks:
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Points earned for indicator PA 4.3:
0

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