| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.23 |
| Liaison | Martín Sánchez Gutiérrez |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2024 |
Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Chihuahua
PA-2: Commitments and Planning
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.47 / 6.00 |
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Has the institution made a public commitment to sustainability, as evidenced by an external commitment or a published plan?:
Yes
Narrative detailing the institution’s guiding vision or goals for sustainability and the plan(s) in which they are published:
Training design teams and faculty in sustainable
development education, using a standardized
methodological framework for its curricular
implementation in courses and educational units.
Curricular inclusion of education for sustainable
development, prioritizing topics related to
sustainability and the ecological crisis through
diverse modalities in courses, educational units,
blocks, Tec weeks and challenges using the
Campuses/settings (i.e. Distrito Tec) as laboratories
and/or education partners.
Evaluation and certification: Evaluate the
incorporation of the SDGs and award “seals” or
“certificates” to the projects that comply with the
characteristics of the methodology in which they
received training.
Narrative and/or website URL outlining the institution’s external sustainability commitments that include a reporting requirement:
Foster intersectoral cooperation to co-design
solutions directed towards sustainable development.
• Strengthen alliances with local, national and
international universities to drive research,
curricular and cocurricular activities, and projects
to drive climate action.
• Promote the national interuniversity climate
change network, combining forces to fulfill
Mexico’s goals under the Paris Agreement.
• Collaborate closely with the private sector to
generate ideas and develop technologies that
will accelerate the transition towards sustainability.
• Participate actively in local networks (for example,
the WWF Alliances for Climate Action) that make
it possible to form local sustainable development
agendas.
• Collaborate with the public sector to codesign
public policies and legislation directed towards
sustainable development.
• Involve the Tec and EXATEC (Tec alumni) internal
community in the Sustainability efforts
Define institutional positioning regarding the
most relevant and important climate change
topics nationwide.
Provide climate consulting services for diverse
industrial sectors and offer short programs for
companies, thereby helping individuals and
organizations to understand this phenomenon
and the adjustments needed to transition to
sustainability.
Promote educational programs on climate change
for the community, related to the SDGs, circular
economy, recycling, education in sustainability,
among others.
https://tec.mx/sites/default/files/repositorio/sentido-humano/sostenibilidad/SustainabilityPlan2025.pdf
Points earned for indicator PA 2.1:
2
Has the institution adopted one or more measurable sustainability objectives that address teaching, learning, and research?:
Yes
Narrative listing the institution’s measurable sustainability objectives that address teaching, learning, and research:
Education:
- Training design teams and faculty in sustainable development education, using a standardized methodological framework for its curricular implementation in courses and educational units.
- Curricular inclusion of education for sustainabledevelopment, prioritizing topics related to sustainability and the ecological crisis through diverse modalities in courses, educational units, blocks, Tec weeks and challenges using the Campuses/settings (i.e. Distrito Tec) as laboratories and/or education partners.
- Evaluation and certification: Evaluate the incorporation of the SDGs and award “seals” or “certificates” to the projects that comply with the characteristics of the methodology in which they received training.
- Mapping the curricular inclusion of the SDGs in courses and educational units, and creating a database of certified faculty, courses and projects.
Research:
- FUNDING TO ENCOURAGE INTERDISCIPLINARY SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH Create a long-term fund for climate change research.
- CAMPUSES AS LIVING LABS FOR RESEARCH Facilitate the availability of the Campus facilities to encourage research and student projects aimed at solving climate change and sustainability problems. The Campuses become living labs where innovation forms part of the daily activities of our students and researchers.
Has the institution adopted one or more measurable sustainability objectives that address stakeholder engagement?:
Yes
Narrative listing the institution’s measurable sustainability objectives that address stakeholder engagement:
- Foster intersectoral cooperation to co-design solutions directed towards sustainable development.
- Strengthen alliances with local, national and international universities to drive research, curricular and cocurricular activities, and projects to drive climate action.
- Promote the national interuniversity climate change network, combining forces to fulfill Mexico’s goals under the Paris Agreement.
- Collaborate closely with the private sector to generate ideas and develop technologies that will accelerate the transition towards sustainability.
- Participate actively in local networks (for example, the WWF Alliances for Climate Action) that make it possible to form local sustainable development agendas.
- Collaborate with the public sector to codesign public policies and legislation directed towards sustainable development.
- Involve the Tec and EXATEC (Tec alumni) internal community in the Sustainability efforts
2. Define institutional positioning regarding the most relevant and important climate change topics nationwide.
3. Provide climate consulting services for diverse industrial sectors and offer short programs for companies, thereby helping individuals and organizations to understand this phenomenon and the adjustments needed to transition to sustainability.
4. Promote educational programs on climate change for the community, related to the SDGs, circular economy, recycling, education in sustainability, among others.
Has the institution adopted one or more measurable sustainability objectives that address campus operations?:
Yes
Narrative listing the institution’s measurable sustainability objectives that address campus operations:
By 2025 Tecnologico de Monterrey has the following objectives:
80% of the energy consumed will come from
renewable sources.
20% reduction in energy consumption per
m2 (kWh/m2).
50% reduction in our greenhouse gas
emissions.
20% reduction in water consumption per m2
80% de plantas de tratamiento y reutilización
de agua en los campus Tec e instalaciones de
TecSalud.
Design an integrated waste management
strategy and implement it institution wide.
Has the institution adopted one or more measurable sustainability objectives that address racial equity and social justice?:
No
Narrative listing the institution’s measurable sustainability objectives that address racial equity and social justice:
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Has the institution adopted one or more measurable sustainability objectives that address administration and finance?:
No
Narrative listing the institution’s measurable sustainability objectives that address administration and finance:
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Points earned for indicator PA 2.2:
1.80
Has the institution conducted a baseline assessment to identify vulnerabilities and resilience activities related to climate change on campus and in the local community?:
Yes
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s climate resilience assessment:
In 2023 we Implemented a series of Climate Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Workshops for Tec de Monterrey’s teams to include the climate risk monitoring, management and mitigation programs our Health and Safety System.
Implement two workshops for Tec de Monterrey’s staff in a 30-hour online format each
1.Learn and apply climate risks and disasters management frameworks available.
2.Identify and understand climate change related risks and vulnerability management methodologies available in Mexico.
3.Identify and apply climate change related risks and vulnerability management principles and instruments
4.Design and implement a climate risk and vulnerability framework in our Risk Management System.
Does the institution participate in an ongoing campus-community task force or committee that is focused on climate resilience?:
No
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the campus-community task force or committee focused on climate resilience:
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Has the institution incorporated climate resilience strategies and/or goals into one or more of its published plans?:
Yes
Narrative listing the institution’s climate resilience strategies and goals and the plan(s) in which they are published:
To have 100% of Tec’s facilities have current and future vulnerability to climate change impacts as-sessment studies.
Formulation of adaptation plans for each campus, identifying the portfolio of adaptation measures with following focal points:
- Disaster risk reduction: the Institution’s facilities will have master plans and/or roadmaps that consider elements of sustainability, adaptation and resilience to extreme climate phenomena. b. Ecosystem-based adaptation: To have 100% of Tec’s facilities have an ongoing reforestation strategy with terrestrial ecosystem restoration plans.
- Community-based adaptation: promote the adaptive capacity of the vulnerable commu-nities in which our campuses are located.
- Economic assessment of the priority lines of action/adaptation measures.
- Design of a strategy to implement and monitor the adaptation plan measures for the five highest-risk Campuses and/or facilities.
- Train personnel in the correct operation of the adaptation measures for each campus.
- Develop metrics for the lines of action/adaptation measures, and a reporting platform (monitoring and assessment).
- Execution of assessments to identify climate risks at the Campuses and their terrestrial ecosystems and analyze the current economic impacts of climate change and future scenarios.
- Design and installation of monitoring and evaluation systems based on the development of relevant indicators for climate change adaptation. Design of master plans, taking into account the factors studied and modeled for climate change adaptation.
- Formulation of an inventory of trees at all the Campuses, facilities and property assets for their management in terms of restoration and resilience.
- Implementation of terrestrial ecosystem restoration and resilience actions, based on risk assessments
Points earned for indicator PA 2.3:
0.67
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