| Overall Rating | Platinum |
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| Overall Score | 92.73 |
| Liaison | Emmanuelle Jodoin |
| Submission Date | Oct. 24, 2022 |
Université de Sherbrooke
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
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Patrice
Cordeau Assistant Vice-President, Sustainable Development Office of the Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development |
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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 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATORS COMMITTEE
(Under the leadership of the Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development)
This committee is comprised of individuals whose mandates include a significant involvement pertaining to sustainability and sustainable development at the University. Members represent several University services such as Higher Management, Communications, Facilities, etc. Part of the committee’s responsibilities is to coordinate and to assist the various University's sustainable development subcommittees with the organization and implementation of their projects and activities. The committee also supports the many student initiatives in sustainable development at the institution. As well, the committee is to have an overall view of what is occurring in sustainable development on the three Université de Sherbrooke's campuses and to raise awareness among the university community with regard to the many issues relating to this area.
While developing its Sustainable Development Plan, the University's approach has been to create sustainable development subcommittees where each of them would elaborate and define what would become the University's seven sustainable development strategies part of its larger Plan. These subcommittees have achieved their objective and the launch of these strategies occurred in the fall of 2018. Although the strategies have been released, their implementation is monitored annually, and it is in this context that the activities of the seven subcommittees are being pursued. The seven strategies subcommittees activities relate to different aspects of sustainable development, as follows:
THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY SUBCOMMITTEE
The mandate of this committee is to promote the intermodality of means of transport with a view to achieving beneficial outcomes for users of the different modes of sustainable transportation. It also aims to quantify the contribution of this sector to the institutional objective of attaining carbon neutrality.
THE GREEN SPACE PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE
Through several objectives, this committee seeks to promote a healthy, pleasant and motivating living environment, conducive to training and work, by protecting campuses ecosystems, improving integrated green space management and raising awareness in the university community on green space issues.
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee seeks to implement a collective vision that will allow members of the university community to become involved in residual materials proper management while continuing to innovate in this field.
THE FAIR CAMPUS AND NOURISHING SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee aims to promote the richness of the Estrie and Montérégie regions by offering visibility to products from organic farming and short food chains. It also wants to pursue with effective actions to democratize healthy eating and to fight against food waste. As well, it is responsible for ensuring that the standards required by Fairtrade Canada's fair campus designation are maintained.
THE SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee was created to initiate a meaningful dialogue on the issue of sustainable investment. Other mandates include receiving and studying the concerns of the university community with regard to sustainable investment, monitoring emerging trends and innovations in the field and raising awareness within the University.
THE SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee seeks, among other things, to adequately assess needs by integrating the 3RV-Ed hierarchy, to systematically integrate sustainable development criteria in calls for tenders, to contribute to Québec government's model with respect to sustainable procurement and to make the university community and its partners aware of sound sustainable procurement practices.
THE ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee wishes to continue the Université de Sherbrooke’s sustained efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and energy consumption. The main objective of this committee is to put in place actions to ensure that the University attains carbon neutrality.
(Under the leadership of the Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development)
This committee is comprised of individuals whose mandates include a significant involvement pertaining to sustainability and sustainable development at the University. Members represent several University services such as Higher Management, Communications, Facilities, etc. Part of the committee’s responsibilities is to coordinate and to assist the various University's sustainable development subcommittees with the organization and implementation of their projects and activities. The committee also supports the many student initiatives in sustainable development at the institution. As well, the committee is to have an overall view of what is occurring in sustainable development on the three Université de Sherbrooke's campuses and to raise awareness among the university community with regard to the many issues relating to this area.
While developing its Sustainable Development Plan, the University's approach has been to create sustainable development subcommittees where each of them would elaborate and define what would become the University's seven sustainable development strategies part of its larger Plan. These subcommittees have achieved their objective and the launch of these strategies occurred in the fall of 2018. Although the strategies have been released, their implementation is monitored annually, and it is in this context that the activities of the seven subcommittees are being pursued. The seven strategies subcommittees activities relate to different aspects of sustainable development, as follows:
THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY SUBCOMMITTEE
The mandate of this committee is to promote the intermodality of means of transport with a view to achieving beneficial outcomes for users of the different modes of sustainable transportation. It also aims to quantify the contribution of this sector to the institutional objective of attaining carbon neutrality.
THE GREEN SPACE PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE
Through several objectives, this committee seeks to promote a healthy, pleasant and motivating living environment, conducive to training and work, by protecting campuses ecosystems, improving integrated green space management and raising awareness in the university community on green space issues.
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee seeks to implement a collective vision that will allow members of the university community to become involved in residual materials proper management while continuing to innovate in this field.
THE FAIR CAMPUS AND NOURISHING SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee aims to promote the richness of the Estrie and Montérégie regions by offering visibility to products from organic farming and short food chains. It also wants to pursue with effective actions to democratize healthy eating and to fight against food waste. As well, it is responsible for ensuring that the standards required by Fairtrade Canada's fair campus designation are maintained.
THE SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee was created to initiate a meaningful dialogue on the issue of sustainable investment. Other mandates include receiving and studying the concerns of the university community with regard to sustainable investment, monitoring emerging trends and innovations in the field and raising awareness within the University.
THE SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee seeks, among other things, to adequately assess needs by integrating the 3RV-Ed hierarchy, to systematically integrate sustainable development criteria in calls for tenders, to contribute to Québec government's model with respect to sustainable procurement and to make the university community and its partners aware of sound sustainable procurement practices.
THE ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
This committee wishes to continue the Université de Sherbrooke’s sustained efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and energy consumption. The main objective of this committee is to put in place actions to ensure that the University attains carbon neutrality.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Members of the Sustainable Development Collaborators Committee are as follows:
· Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development: Denyse Rémillard
· Assistant Vice-President, Sustainable Development: Patrice Cordeau
· Director, Project for the Integration of Sustainable Development in Education: Jean-François Comeau
· Sustainable Development Accountability Officer, Office of the Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development: Emmanuelle Jodoin
· Project Coordinator, Communications Services: Annie Dionne
· Section Director, Sustainable Procurement, Financial Resources Services: Julie Gosselin
· Sustainable Procurement Development Coordinator, Sustainable Procurement, Financial Resources Services: Juan Francisco Nunez
· Responsible Officer, Parking and Sustainable Mobility, Mobility, Safety and Prevention Services: Annie Robert
· Assistant Executive Director and Division Director, Maintenance and Repair, Building Services: Bernard Fournier
· Division Director, Facilities Reliability, Building Services: Sylvain Corbeil
· Environmental Management Officer, Building Services: Valérie Nantais-Martin
· Other collaborators (staff, students, faculty) may be called upon to attend the Sustainable Development Collaborators Committee’s meetings as required.
As per members of the seven strategies subcommittees, they each count between 9 to 12 individuals, and are comprised of staff, students, faculty members and researchers whose interest and expertise are consistent with the relevant strategy. Details pertaining to the subcommittees’ membership are outlined within the strategies, and are published here: https://www.usherbrooke.ca/developpement-durable/gouvernance-en-dd/7-strategies-thematiques
· Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development: Denyse Rémillard
· Assistant Vice-President, Sustainable Development: Patrice Cordeau
· Director, Project for the Integration of Sustainable Development in Education: Jean-François Comeau
· Sustainable Development Accountability Officer, Office of the Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development: Emmanuelle Jodoin
· Project Coordinator, Communications Services: Annie Dionne
· Section Director, Sustainable Procurement, Financial Resources Services: Julie Gosselin
· Sustainable Procurement Development Coordinator, Sustainable Procurement, Financial Resources Services: Juan Francisco Nunez
· Responsible Officer, Parking and Sustainable Mobility, Mobility, Safety and Prevention Services: Annie Robert
· Assistant Executive Director and Division Director, Maintenance and Repair, Building Services: Bernard Fournier
· Division Director, Facilities Reliability, Building Services: Sylvain Corbeil
· Environmental Management Officer, Building Services: Valérie Nantais-Martin
· Other collaborators (staff, students, faculty) may be called upon to attend the Sustainable Development Collaborators Committee’s meetings as required.
As per members of the seven strategies subcommittees, they each count between 9 to 12 individuals, and are comprised of staff, students, faculty members and researchers whose interest and expertise are consistent with the relevant strategy. Details pertaining to the subcommittees’ membership are outlined within the strategies, and are published here: https://www.usherbrooke.ca/developpement-durable/gouvernance-en-dd/7-strategies-thematiques
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:
THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (VRADD)
To be interested by all parameters that influence a University’s management, may they be related to purchasing, energy savings, quality of life and environmental impacts, that is the very purpose for the VRADD to be created in 2007, the first Vice-President Office for sustainable development to be established in Canada.
To integrate sustainable practices into teaching and research programs, building projects, waste management, events, sustainable transportation behaviors, etc., these are only a few of what the VRADD’s mandates and responsibilities are. The VRADD office drives the many sustainable development initiatives on campuses and operates as a resource center for the university community and beyond. The office oversees the various sustainable development reports and collects data (i.e. GHG evaluation and reporting). In addition, the office strategically plans major investments in sustainable development and works closely with students, staff and faculty members on numerous innovations and research projects. Finally, the office actively works with the City of Sherbrooke and the Longueuil region on several sustainability issues such as mobility, arts and culture, etc.
To be interested by all parameters that influence a University’s management, may they be related to purchasing, energy savings, quality of life and environmental impacts, that is the very purpose for the VRADD to be created in 2007, the first Vice-President Office for sustainable development to be established in Canada.
To integrate sustainable practices into teaching and research programs, building projects, waste management, events, sustainable transportation behaviors, etc., these are only a few of what the VRADD’s mandates and responsibilities are. The VRADD office drives the many sustainable development initiatives on campuses and operates as a resource center for the university community and beyond. The office oversees the various sustainable development reports and collects data (i.e. GHG evaluation and reporting). In addition, the office strategically plans major investments in sustainable development and works closely with students, staff and faculty members on numerous innovations and research projects. Finally, the office actively works with the City of Sherbrooke and the Longueuil region on several sustainability issues such as mobility, arts and culture, etc.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
4
Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Denyse Rémillard, Vice-President, Adm. and Sustainable Development (SD) | Patrice Cordeau, Assistant to the Vice-President, SD | Jean-François Comeau, Director, Project for the Integration of SD in Education | Emmanuelle Jodoin, SD Accountability Officer
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:
Please see the University's Sustainability Report 2018-2022: https://www.usherbrooke.ca/developpement-durable/actualites/nouvelles/details/47811 and https://www.usherbrooke.ca/developpement-durable/fileadmin/sites/developpement-durable/uploads/BilanDD2022.pdf
Job title of the sustainability officer position:
Vice-President, Administration and Sustainable Development
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Job title of the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Assistant to the Vice-President, Sustainable Development
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Job title of the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Director, Project for the Integration of Sustainable Development in Education
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