| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 83.66 |
| Liaison | Philippe Lemarchand |
| Submission Date | Dec. 2, 2024 |
Technological University Dublin
EN-1: Outreach and Communications
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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5.00 / 5.00 |
1.1 Sustainability outreach and communications
Website URL of the institution’s central sustainability website:
Does the institution integrate sustainability information into the educational offerings or materials provided during new student orientation or the equivalent?:
Narrative outlining how sustainability information is integrated into new student orientation or the equivalent:
Every one of the incoming 6,000 TU Dublin students take part in an engaging sustainability presentation during orientation to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they are applied to enhance academic programmes, student life and our campus environment (Ref1, Ref2). They also receive an academic wall-planner/calendar which contains important information about living and studying sustainably on TU Dublin campuses, e.g. sustainable transport information, recycling info, and EDI information.
URL References:
Ref1: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/sustainability-education/orientation/
Ref2: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/about/news-and-events/tu-dublin-sustainability-2024-2025-academic-year-welcome.php
Does the institution integrate sustainability information into the educational offerings or materials provided during new employee orientation or the equivalent?:
Narrative outlining how sustainability information is integrated into new employee orientation of the equivalent:
All new staff are invited to a new Staff Welcome event. This includes a presentation on the Sustainability aims and objectives of the University. This welcome event happens twice a year.
Does the institution have dashboards and/or signage highlighting the institution’s sustainability features or performance?:
Description of the institution’s sustainability dashboards and/or signage:
The Sustainability Intelligence team developed three Web Applications that provides dashboards to visualise and understand the sustainability level and related SDG impacts associated to taught modules, research outputs, and websites. These are, in phases, being made available to 1) academic functions (faculties, schools, programme coordinators, UET, Governing Body Committees); 2) research functions (research hubs and groups, research office, faculties, schools, UET); 3) Communication functions; and 4) all TU Dublin staff and students, 5) the public.
The Decarbonisation team developed the Climate Action Roadmap (Ref1) that is our "dashboard" reporting scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
Special signage highlighting the institution's sustainability performance are used such as flags across our campuses to show the Green Flag achievement (Ref2)
TU Dublin Estates & Campus has TV in the common areas of each TU Dublin's buildings. This is used to communicate sustainability data and information to all staff, students, and the public (public access to buildings' foyers).
TU Dublin Estates & Campus provides signages for all our buildings and offices typically visible in the foyer of buildings. Signage is shown for each Research Hub, including the Sustainability & Health research hub, previously called the Environmental Sustainability & Health Institute (ESHI).
URL References:
Ref1: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/vision--progress/sustainability-strategy/climate-action-roadmap/
Ref2: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/news/tu-dublin-raise-the-green-flag-at-all-campuses-.html
Does the institution manage a sustainability-focused social media account, newsletter, blog, online community, podcast, video series, or equivalent communications medium or platform?:
Description of and/or website URL for at least one sustainability-focused communication medium or platform:
Has the institution coordinated one or more sustainability-focused outreach campaigns during the previous three years?:
Description of sustainability-focused outreach campaigns from the previous three years:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
1.2 Percentage of campus stakeholders reached through sustainability outreach and communications
Percentage of campus stakeholders reached through sustainability outreach and communications:
Approach used to determine the percentage of campus stakeholders reached:
Description of the methodology used to determine the reach of the institution’s sustainability outreach and communications:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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.