| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.28 |
| Liaison | Geory Kurtzhals |
| Submission Date | Jan. 4, 2022 |
University of Notre Dame
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.95 / 3.00 |
Geory
Kurtzhals Sr. Director Office of Sustainability |
Total number of employees:
Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
The Green Ambassadors are a network of individuals interested in implementing sustainable practices within their own offices and departments. The program connects staff members with sustainability resources on campus and also develops ideas to improve campus-wide engagement.
Brown bag lunchtime discussions throughout the year provide a great opportunity to network and keep Ambassadors abreast of sustainability developments on campus and opportunities to incorporate best practices. Each Ambassador is expected to use what they have learned to educate their coworkers and implement new sustainable practices in their offices. We will also be presenting our STARS report to them in order for them to understand where we can improve, and for them to enact many of those improvements through educating their peers.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The employee educators program targets all faculty and staff.
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A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
The Green Office Certification helps offices and departments to adopt best practices and achieve greater sustainability engagement through a simple audit program.
The Green Office Certification is an audit process customized for Notre Dame offices interested in becoming more sustainable workplaces. The Green Office Certification program is designed to recognize the positive efforts of faculty and staff. The Office of Sustainability works with an office representative to guide them in sustainable practices. That representative then educates their office about those practices and enacts behavioral change. The Office of Sustainability then does a walk-through audit to confirm that the education and changes have taken place. Upon completion of the audit, the entire office meets with the Office of Sustainability to receive a certificate and be acknowledged on the Office of Sustainability’s website for their positive efforts.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
The Green Office Certification program targets green teams within all divisions. It is currently being revamped for a new implementation in the Fall of 2021.
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A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
The University Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy established Small Working Groups with the release of the 2016 comprehensive sustainability strategy. Each of the groups is comprised of faculty, staff, and students (both undergraduate and graduate). Since its establishment over 5 years ago, the small working groups membership has grown to over 60 faculty and staff members serving on the groups. Members are selected based upon their expertise and/or nomination by other members. As detailed in the published Strategy - 'These working groups will be collaborative, interdisciplinary teams that will set specific, measurable benchmarks in order to achieve the long-term goals set in each strategy area. The smaller working groups will report at least once every two years to the Standing Committee on their progress and to document the new measurable goals that are envisioned in the five-year action plans.' As part of their work, these employees must meet with others on campus to help educate individuals about the Strategy and to gather meaningful data so appropriate measurable goals may be set.
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