Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.54
Liaison	Maria Ayala
Submission Date	Jan. 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.00 / 1.00	Maria Jose Ayala Innovation and Sustainability Officer Innovation and Sustainability Office

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Sustainability committee(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:

Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:

The Office of Innovation and Sustainability is responsible for promoting joint work between academia, public and private companies, and the internal and external community in terms of creating shared value in innovation and sustainability issues. The Office of Innovation and Sustainability supports diverse programs and projects that range from sustainability courses to research and development projects in sustainable strategies, such as alternative energies, among others.

In 2020 USFQ launched the Smart Campus Group (SCG) a board comprised of multidisciplinary researchers expert in diverse fields of sustainability, operations personnel, student government and institutional authorities. The SCG drives the development of applied research projects on campus that promote the achievement of our institutional sustainability objectives.

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

Innovation and Sustainability Office:
Alexandra Velasco - Co Director
Valeria Ochoa - Co Director
Maria Jose Ayala - Innovation and Sustainability Officer
Cristina Muñoz - DLab Director
Gabriel Bermeo - Innovation Coordinator

Smart Campus Group
Diego Quiroga - Dean
Cesar Zambrano - Research Dean
Jorge Gomez - Strategy and Development Director
Alexandra Velasco - Innovation and Sustainability Office
María José Ayala Innovation and Sustainability Office
Carlos Mena - GSC Director
Juan Sebastián Proaño - Mechanical Engineering
Juan Manuel Guayasamin - Biology/ Vice Dean of Research
Carlos Suarez - Industrial Engineering
Daniela Flor - Environmental Engineering
Juan Carlos Valdivieso - Hospitality and Gastronomy
Cristina Segarra - Projects Financing
Representative of the Student Government

Sustainability office(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:

Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:

USFQ has one Innovation and Sustainability Office that leads sustainability efforts and drives the sustainable campus community.

Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):

Sustainability officer(s)

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:

Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:

María José Ayala, Innovation and Sustainability Officer

Institution-wide coordination

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:

Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:

Annual E-waste Campaign
Creation of the Smart Campus Group
Attainment of internal funds for launching the Smart Campus Group Projects in energy management, zero waste and sustainable dinning.
Ser Planeta yearly events for campus sustainability outreach
Academia representative for the city's Metropolitan Council of Social Responsibility
Publication of the White paper on Circular Economy
Collaboration with WWF on consultancy for the development of a methodology to measure food waste loss
Recipient of funds to develop carbon foot printing and circularity project with a local cacao producer company
Launch and development of the program WISE - Women in Science and Engineering with funds from the IDB.
Development of the transdisciplinary capstone

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Job description (1st position)

Job title of the sustainability officer position:

Innovation and Sustainability Officer

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Job description for the sustainability officer position:

Lead, coordinate and manage interdepartmental and multidisciplinary initiatives with internal and external stakeholders to promote sustainability at USFQ. Propose and implement sustainability improvement projects for USFQ in operational, academic and planning areas and develop proposals for research, academic writing and publication in peer-reviewed journals.

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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:

https://www.usfq.edu.ec/sobre_la_usfq/oficinainnovacion/Paginas/default.aspx

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