Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.21
Liaison Lisa Noriega
Submission Date June 29, 2022

STARS v2.2

Yale University
IN-18: Green Event Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Lisa Noriega
Sustainability Data Analyst
Yale Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have or participate in a green event certification program?:
Yes

Has the institution held one or more certified events in the previous year?:
Yes

Does the institution’s green event certification program address the following?:
Yes or No
Sustainable transportation options, teleconferencing options, and/or carbon offsets Yes
Sustainable catering (e.g., sourcing local and third party certified food and beverages, providing vegetarian/vegan options, using reusable/compostable materials) Yes
Paper consumption (e.g., minimization and recycled/FSC certified content) Yes
Energy efficiency (e.g., equipment and lighting) Yes
Waste minimization and diversion Yes
Communications and/or signage about the sustainable practices Yes

A brief description of the institution’s green event certification program:
Green Event Certification encourages, recognizes and celebrates the voluntary sustainable efforts that event organizers take to reduce the environmental, social and financial costs of their event. It also creates an opportunity to inform and engage event attendees in sustainable practices. Most recently, Yale's New Employee Orientation was certified as a green event in May 2022 at the silver level for fulfilling the following credits:
Event does not use any materials
Event uses only electronic communications for registration, announcements, updates and/or reminders
Promotes event electronically using social media, press releases, emails, and/or tabling.
Event communicates sustainability initiatives to participants (e.g. announcing the event is green certified, announcing waste disposal processes, etc.).

Website URL where information about the green event certification program is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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