- Jennifer Andrews, Sustainability Project Director, Sustainability Institute
- Kim Babbitt, Associate Dean, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
- Jenni Cook, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
- J. Matthew Davis, Associate Professor, Earth Sciences
- Kim DeRego, Interim Vice Provost of Enrollment Management
- Josh Dubroff, Chief Procurement Officer
- Luciana Echazu, Associate Dean, Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics
- Eleta Exline, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Dimond Library
- Diane Foster, Director, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering
- Martie Gleason, Executive Director, Compensation, Benefits & Services, Human Resources
- Andy Glode, Environmental Health and Safety
- Erik Gross, Senior Executive Director, Advancement
- Kenneth Holmes, Senior Vice Provost for Student Life
- E Michele Holt-Shannon, Director and Co-founder, NH Listens
- Bill Janelle, Associate Vice President for Facilities & Operations
- Ken LaValley, Vice Provost and Online Learning Officer
- Dovev Levine, Assistant Dean, UNH Graduate School
- Marian McCord, Senior Vice Provost, Research, Engagement and Innovation
- Mark Milutinovich, Director, Large Center Development
- Weiwei Mo, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty Fellow, Carsey School of Public Policy
- Danielle O'Neil, Chief Marketing Officer, University of New Hampshire
- Jayson Seaman, Chair of the Department of Recreation Management and Policy, College of Health and Human Services
- Kenneth Weston, Executive Director of Campus Stewardship
- Fiona Wilson, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer and Director, Sustainability Institute
| Overall Rating | Platinum |
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| Overall Score | 85.89 |
| Liaison | Jennifer Andrews |
| Submission Date | Oct. 24, 2024 |
University of New Hampshire
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
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Kelly Chief Sustainability Officer Sustainability Institute |
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Sustainability committee(s)
Yes
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
UNH has multiple committees that work on sustainability issues.
Sustainability Task Force (STF)
The university-wide task force that stewards our shared vision of the role of higher education in sustainability and ensures that UNH continuously maintains the highest possible STARS rating, which is currently Platinum status, in all future reporting. The STF also reaches beyond STARS to nurture a culture of sustainability at UNH that touches and is enriched by students, faculty, staff, and all members of the UNH community and that reflects our shared values and strategic priorities.
Energy Task Force - Charged with maintaining and implementing the University's Climate Action Plan
Watershed and Ecosystem Task Force - Charged with promoting healthy ecosystems and improved biodiversity on and beyond campus
Committee on Investor Responsibility – charged with supporting the UNH Foundation in sustainable, socially responsible investment practices and policies.
Transportation Policy Committee - charged with advancing sustainable, equitable effective transportation demand strategies, including campus transit systems
For current member list see https://www.unh.edu/sustainability/about/task-forces
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Each group has representation from student, staff and faculty members and some include external partners.
Membership information for Sustainability Task Force is below:
The membership for the CIR, ETF and WETF are available at https://www.unh.edu/sustainability/sustainability-institute/task-forces
The Transportation Policy Committee information available here: https://www.unh.edu/transportation/about/transportation-policy-committee
Sustainability office(s)
Yes
A brief description of each sustainability office:
UNH is home to the oldest endowed pan-university sustainability program in U.S. higher education -- the UNH Sustainability Institute (UNHSI). UNHSI is lead by UNH's Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director, Dr. Fiona Wilson.
UNHSI has more than a dozen professional staff; two .5-.75 FTE endowed professorships, one in Climate and Sustainability and one in Sustainable Food Systems; and dozens of student employees.
UNHSI convenes, coordinates, and collaborates with units across the entire campus and with external partners to advance our Sustainable Learning Community goals and commitments.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
10
Sustainability officer(s)
Yes
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Fiona Wilson, Ph.D., Chief Sustainability Officer
Institution-wide coordination
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 Institute is a cross-cutting unit that engages all parts of the UNH community both on and beyond the campus. UNHSI serves as the backbone organization of the university-wide Sustainability Task Force (STF). Through UNHSI’s leadership and support, the STF has successfully operated as a network connecting and aligning all parts of the UNH community through supporting a common vision, shared measurements, continuous communication, and synergistic activities. The STF has helped maintain UNHs enduring commitment to sustainability with the full support of senior leadership over the course of a recent presidential transition. https://www.unh.edu/sustainability/sustainability-institute/task-forces
In addition, UNHSI designed and implemented a strategic effort beginning in 2019 to significantly increase its student education and engagement. As a result we now have hundreds of students participating annually in the suite of high-impact sustainability learning experiences offered through the Sustainability Institute, including a range of internships and fellowships, courses, peer mentorships and volunteer opportunities. More information about that braod range of student-facing programs can be found here: https://www.unh.edu/sustainability/changemakers
UNHSI also established a Sustainability Advisory Board in 2020-2021 that joined the other already established Advisory Boards of UNH organized around the Colleges and key strategic areas of focus, is comprised of a dedicated group of volunteers – alumni, parents, and friends – who all share a passion for UNH and sustainability. The unique cross-cutting aspect of sustainability defies traditional boundaries or silos, and requires bringing together a diversity of expertise across sectors and fields. Together with the Executive Director, as well as Advancement staff, the board is providing critical input and guidance on UNH’s sustainability efforts, particularly as it relates to our bold plans for continued leadership in sustainability in higher education, increasingly a hotly contested competitive dimension for universities.
In the area of climate and emissions, UNH continued its long-standing leadership in climate and emissions scholarship and operational best practices. UNH was one of the Charter Signatories to the Climate Commitment in 2006. This commitment, in which we are joined by hundreds of other U.S. campuses, commits UNH to a goal of carbon neutrality and requires the University to track and publicly report its carbon footprint and maintain an up-to-date Climate Action Plan (WildCAP). UNH has also la
UNHSI also continued its innovative community engaged work by serving as the backbone organization for a range of initiatives including the following:
• Food Solutions New England, a six-state, multiracial network working to transform our regional food system. See https://foodsolutionsne.org/
• New Hampshire Food Alliance, NH Food Alliance is a statewide network that engages and connects people dedicated to growing a thriving, fair, and sustainable local food system in New Hampshire. See https://www.nhfoodalliance.org/
• Sustainability Fellowships, this pairs exceptional undergraduate and graduate students from UNH and universities across the country with municipal, educational, corporate, and non-profit partners in New England to work on transformative sustainability initiatives. See https://www.unh.edu/sustainability/student-education-engagement/sustainability-fellowships
• UNHSI and partners engaged the entire UNH community in the annual 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge. The Challenge was developed by Food Solutions New England for which UNHSI serves as the backbone organization and successfully bridged this community-engaged work with the UNH campus. https://www.unh.edu/sustainability/21-day
• UNHSI also supported and expended the impact of its carbon and nitrogen accounting tool, SIMAP, the sustainability indicator management & analysis platform that is used by hundreds of campuses across the country. We partnered with the nonprofit Second Nature to create a new Reporting Platform for signatories of the Climate Commitment. And we launched new curricular and co-curriclaur training programs--including a Carbon Footprinting certificate and a Climate Action Clinic--to support campuses and other organizations around the globe in their greenhouse gas reduction efforts. See https://unhsimap.org/
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