Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus León
PRE-4: Reporting Methodologies

Tec de Monterrey started the STARS projects on Campus in August 2023, with the purpose to certificate the 10 biggest Campuses in the system by july 2024. 

The process is an ongoing work in progress to achieve the certification of the remaining campuses by november 2024.

The process of preparation for this report is the following:

1. Baseline and diagnostics: during the first months of this process, before the kick-off in August the team focused on determined the baseline information required for this project, this task required to collect information from 2019 and 2023 operations and administration process of the campuses. In the meantime, the team was also getting familiarized with the STARS methodology, identifying the strategic areas that we will need to get involved. As most of the information generated in this reports are nationwide initiatives, we needed it to review with many central areas of the university, therefore, the process of identifying the key players and get them involved was very important for the foundations of this project. In this part of the project, the team also prepared all the formats, documents and online carpets with the purpose of having the most organized documentation process possible.
2. Kick off: After all the major preparations beforehand, the team launched an official Kick Off with all the Sustainability teams in each Campus, this was an important milestone since coordinating a nationwide meeting with all the Campuses is challengin of its own. During the kick off process the team shared the STARS structure and weighing of each category, as well as the process of documentation, deadlines and colecting of information. During this stage of the project, an inmense amount of online meetings were schedule to resolve any comments, questions or any other major setback with all the Campuses involved.
3. Documentation and upload: During this process the team started to receive an important amount of data and information needed for this process, therefore, all the documentation process took and important amount of time, it was important for all of us to have the most accurate and valuable information. Afterwards, the team startated to upload the information into the Report Builder for each Campus, during this process and in some cases if something wasn't right about the data we collected we circled back with the Campus in order for us to have the right data.
4. After collecting and uploading the data, we received the reviewing feedback from STARS staff in some cases when the information needed more explanation, so that, we were able to achieve our goals. 

Diana A. Peláez García: STARS Project Lead

Ascención Peña Sánchez: STARS Project Coordinator

Daniel Rodríguez Treviño: STARS Project Analyst

Martín C. Sánchez Gutiérrez: In house Analyst

Phase 1 - 10 campuses

Paola Gutiérrez: STARS Project Coordinator

Iván Humberto: STARS Project Analyst.

The major role of the students in this process was to be the bridge between the STARS team and the major student activities and projects. They helped us identify and document all the activities around student groups, organizations and comittees, assuring to have the best picture possible in order for us to showcase their advancement in sustainability. 

We followed a standard documentation process for all campuses where each of them had their own credits assigned depending on their role and area, for this part of the information's retrieval the regional sustainability manager was key, to coordinate this effort within all the involved. After the documentation, our internal sustainability team (Water, energy, waste, emissions managers) analyzed and helped us verify that the information was correct and/or followed the requirements in order for the STARS team could document and make a final revision. 

Also for this second process for the 6 campus we are submitting, the audit department also is playing a role in the reviewing.