Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 80.84
Liaison Teddy Lhoutellier
Submission Date April 26, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Miami
IN-40: Sustainability Projects Fund

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Teddy Lhoutellier
Sustainability Manager
Environmental Health and Safety
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Name of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
ECO Agency

Which of the following best describes the primary source of funding for the sustainability projects fund?:
Student fees

Year the institution’s sustainability projects fund was established:
2,012

A brief description of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
The Student Government ECO Agency was launched in 2012 to incentivize sustainability innovation among students. UM students at the time, decided to increase the student fee and allocate a portion of it to sustainability education and projects through the SG ECO Agency on campus.

A brief description of the multi-stakeholder decision-making process used to determine which projects receive funding through the sustainability projects fund:
Each of the 16 ECO Agency board members manage a team of 3 green committee members, and work with multi-stakeholders on campus and in the community to present, vote , fund and implement their projects.

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Website URL where information about the sustainability projects fund is available:
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