| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.32 |
| Liaison | Merry Rankin |
| Submission Date | Aug. 29, 2022 |
Iowa State University
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Merry
Rankin ISU Director of Sustainability Facilities Planning & Management |
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 Procurement Process Certification Training includes a session on green procurement covering Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Guidelines. The goal of this program is to educate and empower employees in making environmentally, economically and socially conscious purchasing decisions, through peer-to-peer education. Upon completion of this training, employees are furnished with knowledge, materials and resources allowing them to convey awareness and guidance to coworkers within their respective departments.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All ISU employees directly purchasing items, through p-card transaction, or making decisions/recommendations/preferences of what items, or item specifications to prioritize when making purchases.
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Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
WellBeing Champions, serve as an inspirational voice for the university regarding employee health, well-being and work-life balance. They serve as a resource to promote ISU WellBeing and support employees on their journey toward better well-being and engagement.
Goals for the WellBeing Champions include: Increase communication. Increase communication throughout ISU about ISU WellBeing resources, specifically in the area in which you work.
2. Increase program enthusiasm. Generate excitement about Adventure2 by actively encouraging co-workers participation.
3. Improve programming satisfaction. Provide insight and direction on employee needs and interests by reviewing data and feedback.
4. Know the pulse of your environment and provide feedback to ISU WellBeing.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
All Iowa State University faculty and staff.
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A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
Although not specifically focused just on sustainability, a beneficial partnership has been formed with University Building Supervisors toward enhancing awareness of sustainability processes, procedures and policies within campus buildings and encouraging increased dialogue around issues of sustainability.
Each building at Iowa State University has an appointed building supervisor which acts a resource and serves as critical liaison for facilities-related activities between building occupants and Facilities Planning and Management staff. Building supervisors (faculty or staff) provide education, awareness, support and guidance to their building occupants in operational areas including, but not limited to:
•Communicating service interruptions or outages
•Establishing building hours of operation
•Communicating maintenance, custodial or grounds needs or concerns
•Approve access to exterior doors.
•Sustainability practices and opportunities including energy conservation and recycling and waste diversion.
Building Supervisors are appointed by their representative alliances.
Supervisors meet annually with Facilities Planning and Management for orientation and training and on an as-needed basis determined by both the building supervisors and Facilities Planning and Management.
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