Promote DEI in Sustainability Initiatives
Advance social justice initiatives and promote DEI in all sustainability related activities and initiatives
Implementation Strategies and Actions
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Assess and advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in sustainability programs, initiatives and activities (Community engagement).
Pre-Launch
Current Status
Pre-Launch
Measures of Success
- Increase in activities addressing DEI and Social Justice increases by 10% per year relative to baseline.
- Awareness of significance DEI and Social Justice in Sustainability as indicated by annual survey increases by 10%
- Facilities to ensure engagement with students in operations and facilities do not have physical barriers for all students who wish to participate. Facilities role is to facilitate tours and share knowledge and information about how the campus operates.
- Pilot program in place and interim report provided to community
- Current state and goals set to include consideration of supplier diversity for bids of university goods and services.
- Policy updated and approach for tracking progress in place.
- ESG Policy in place
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Assess and advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in sustainability operational programs, initiati.ves and activities (Operations/ facilities).
Pre-Launch
Current Status
Pre-Launch
Measures of Success
- Increase in activities addressing DEI and Social Justice increases by 10% per year relative to baseline.
- Awareness of significance DEI and Social Justice in Sustainability as indicated by annual survey increases by 10%
- Facilities to ensure engagement with students in operations and facilities do not have physical barriers for all students who wish to participate. Facilities role is to facilitate tours and share knowledge and information about how the campus operates.
- Pilot program in place and interim report provided to community
- Current state and goals set to include consideration of supplier diversity for bids of university goods and services.
- Policy updated and approach for tracking progress in place.
- ESG Policy in place
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Include diverse representation in program piloted on the New Academic Building project to future larger projects.
Pre-Launch
Current Status
Pre-Launch
Measures of Success
- Increase in activities addressing DEI and Social Justice increases by 10% per year relative to baseline.
- Awareness of significance DEI and Social Justice in Sustainability as indicated by annual survey increases by 10%
- Facilities to ensure engagement with students in operations and facilities do not have physical barriers for all students who wish to participate. Facilities role is to facilitate tours and share knowledge and information about how the campus operates.
- Pilot program in place and interim report provided to community
- Current state and goals set to include consideration of supplier diversity for bids of university goods and services.
- Policy updated and approach for tracking progress in place.
- ESG Policy in place
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Revise purchasing policy to include recommendation that encourages both supplier diversity and in the purchase of goods and services that are more green/sustainable.”
Pre-Launch
Current Status
Pre-Launch
Measures of Success
- Increase in activities addressing DEI and Social Justice increases by 10% per year relative to baseline.
- Awareness of significance DEI and Social Justice in Sustainability as indicated by annual survey increases by 10%
- Facilities to ensure engagement with students in operations and facilities do not have physical barriers for all students who wish to participate. Facilities role is to facilitate tours and share knowledge and information about how the campus operates.
- Pilot program in place and interim report provided to community
- Current state and goals set to include consideration of supplier diversity for bids of university goods and services.
- Policy updated and approach for tracking progress in place.
- ESG Policy in place
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Adopt Environmental, Social, Governance principles in university investment policy statement.
Pre-Launch
Current Status
Pre-Launch
Measures of Success
- Increase in activities addressing DEI and Social Justice increases by 10% per year relative to baseline.
- Awareness of significance DEI and Social Justice in Sustainability as indicated by annual survey increases by 10%
- Facilities to ensure engagement with students in operations and facilities do not have physical barriers for all students who wish to participate. Facilities role is to facilitate tours and share knowledge and information about how the campus operates.
- Pilot program in place and interim report provided to community
- Current state and goals set to include consideration of supplier diversity for bids of university goods and services.
- Policy updated and approach for tracking progress in place.
- ESG Policy in place