| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 64.57 |
| Liaison | Melissa Cadwell |
| Submission Date | Jan. 23, 2025 |
Syracuse University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Melissa
Cadwell Sustainability Coordinator Energy Systems & Sustainability Management |
Sustainability committee(s)
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Provide leadership to Syracuse University and the global community through the identification and promotion of sustainable practices that reduce the University’s environmental impact in an economically responsible manner.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Date Revised: March 13, 2025
Sustainability office(s)
A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Sustainability Management team coordinates sustainability efforts at Syracuse University in the Sustainability Management department, at 161 Farm Acre Road, Syracuse NY 13244, and 1320 Jamesville Ave, Syracuse NY 13244
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
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Sustainability officer(s)
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Name and title of each sustainability officer:
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Institution-wide coordination
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The Sustainability Coordinator and Sustainability Project Manager oversees campus-wide events such as the following:
- Overseeing the food scraps program for students living in apartment-style housing or for offices on campus. Residents and staff can now deliver their food scraps to the on-campus compost area, which is then transferred to an off-campus composting facility.
- Syracuse University has proudly become the 70th educational institution in the nation to be certified as a Bee Campus USA affiliate. This initiative leverages the resources of campuses to benefit pollinators. Syracuse now joins over 150 other cities and campuses committed to enhancing their landscapes for pollinators.
- A collaborative effort between Energy Systems and Sustainability Management, the Food Studies Program at Falk College, Hendricks Chapel, and Physical Plant led to the construction of a campus vegetable garden. The garden is tackling student food insecurity, with all produce distributed through the university’s two on-campus food pantries. We hire two students to oversee the garden throughout the growing season.
- We oversee one of the two food pantries on campus to ensure our students have access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and pantry staples.
- We are overseeing the reduction of single-use plastics on campus
Optional Fields
Job description (1st position)
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Job description for the sustainability officer position:
Job description for the sustainability officer position:
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Job description (2nd position)
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
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Job description (3rd position)
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Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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