Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 46.05
Liaison Mike Furno
Submission Date Dec. 6, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Denver
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Mike Furno
Assistant Provost
Institutional Research & Analysis
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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 Council formed in 2007 is composed of students, staff and faculty, the Council helps guide and shape the policies and programs that bring the University closer to that goal, working closely with the surrounding community to ensure a just and sustainable future for all.






Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:

DU Sustainability working group project census 

Nathan McNichols – Council Chair 

Delphine Cillard-Garcia – lead committee member 

Erica Jorgenson – lead committee member 

DU division leads – committee respondents  

 

Food Policy Taskforce 

Karen Ramon – Council Vice-Chair 

Gina Vega – lead committee member Sodexo food vendor 

Kienna Campbell – committee member 

Audrey Hartfield – committee member 

 

  1. IT Peripherals Recycling Taskforce 

Sidney Barbier Council Student Executive Lead 

Renee Carvalho – lead committee member 

Doug Rippey – lead committee member 

David White – committee member 

Grant Matthews – committee member 

 

  1. Waste Diversion Taskforce 

Karen Ramon – Council Vice Chair 

Sidney Barbier – Council Student Executive lead 

Everett Burgin – committee member 

Tom Navratil – committee member 

Kerry Floyd – committee member  


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:

Center for a Regenerative Future promotes social and ecological justice by empowering the University of Denver community to engage in critical, creative, and systems-thinking, and by serving as a hub for developing student, staff, and faculty ecological justice scholars who are dedicated to creating a just, joyful, and regenerative future.


Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
1.25

Sustainability officer(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Lynn Bailey, Director Energy & Sustainability

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:

The Sustainability Council — the first official institutional body on campus to directly address sustainability issues — was formed in 2007, following the University's commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Composed of students, staff and faculty, the Council helps guide and shape the policies and programs that bring the University closer to that goal, working closely with the surrounding community to ensure a just and sustainable future for all.


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