Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.42
Liaison Austin Sutherland
Submission Date Feb. 18, 2025

STARS v2.2

University of Pennsylvania
EN-8: Employee Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.16 / 1.00
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Percentage of new employees that are offered orientation and/or outreach and guidance materials that cover sustainability topics:
16

A brief description of how sustainability is included in new employee orientation:

Most of employee orientation is handled at a departmental level at Penn. Facilities and Real Estate Services provided an overview video of Penn's Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0 to the all-staff meeting in 2021 (~900 staff). Penn Dining provides a sustainability and food waste training at their kick off meeting for all of their staff (~350 staff). All offices that are Green Office certified provide sustainability training to all of their employees (~850 staff).


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