Wake Forest University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Following the 2012 STARS submission, the office facilitated the development of a three-year strategic plan. The plan is now complete and the office is facilitating the completion of a new STARS assessment that will serve as a new baseline for strategic goal setting.

Wake Forest University Sustainability Working Group Charter Purpose: The purpose of the Sustainability Working Group at Wake Forest University is to serve the need to work collaboratively across multiple areas of campus operations, academics, and student life to achieve campus sustainability goals. The group will: o Gather data for sustainability assessment framework(s) as needed o Develop collaborative initiatives that improve the sustainability of the campus o Develop guidelines and policies for campus sustainability o Develop a long-range sustainability action plan for campus Composition: The working group is comprised of staff, faculty, and student members whose work actively supports the university’s guiding principles for sustainability. In accordance with the purpose of the group, the members should represent departments, units, and campus organizations that actively work to increase the sustainability of the university. The group is not an advisory group.

Representatives from the following departments, units, and campus organizations are charter members of the group: Athletics Bookstores Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Communications and External Relations Custodial Services Dining Services Office of Diversity and Inclusion Environmental Health & Safety Human Resources Information Services Landscaping Services Maintenance and Utilities Parking and Transportation Planning and Construction Procurement Services Residence Life and Housing Student Government Waste Reduction and Recycling Representatives should be designated by a dean, department chair, or director.

The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to encourage and facilitate the collaborative efforts of faculty, students, and staff to generate knowledge, acquire skills, develop values, and initiate practices that contribute to a sustainable, high quality of life on campus, in the Triad, and across the globe. The Office of Sustainability supports faculty, students, and staff in assuming leadership to transform the following fifteen guiding principles into practices: Stewardship Service and Outreach Teaching and Research Energy Conservation and Climate Change Land and Resource Management Dining and Food Systems Built Environment Waste Reduction Procurement Transportation Health and Wellbeing Equity Cultural Climate Investment Development

The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to encourage and facilitate the collaborative efforts of faculty, students, and staff to generate knowledge, acquire skills, develop values, and initiate practices that contribute to a sustainable, high quality of life on campus, in the Triad, and across the globe. The director is responsible for enacting the mission of the office.

The office employs 10 undergraduate interns. The director of the office holds a standing appointment on the board of the university's academic and research center, the WFU Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. The office and the center share administrative services and are housed in the same physical space on campus.