Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.69
Liaison Derek Nichols
Submission Date Nov. 20, 2012
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STARS v1.1

University at Buffalo
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Ryan McPherson
Chief Sustainability Officer
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have a sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :

In November 2007, the Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) was created to direct UB’s efforts toward fulfilling our commitment of achieving climate neutrality and ensuring that UB is moving toward sustainability.

Since then, the ESC created, submitted and began implementation of a Climate Action Plan aimed at reducing UB’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2030.

The Environmental Stewardship Committee was constructed according to one basic principle: that individuals representing units of the university with the budget authority and operational capacity to implement a climate action plan should be intimately involved in creating, managing and monitoring the plan.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Robert G. Shibley, chair
dean of architecture and planning and campus architect

Mary Alice Coffroth, professor geology and biological sciences

Jordan Dalton,
graduate student association

Michael F. Dupre,
associate vice president, university facilities

Thomas Furlani,
interim associate vice president, information technology

Ryan McPherson,
Chief Sustainability Officer

James S. Nadbrzuch,
associate vice president for resource and support services, university life and services

Joseph T. Raab,
director, environmental health and safety services, interim director, ub green

Alan Rabideau,
professor of civil, structural, and environmental engineering

Jeffrey Reed,
director of employee relations, human resources

Kenneth M. Tramposch,
associate vice president, office of research

Dan Vivian,
assistant vice president for procurement services

Jean Wactawski-Wende,
professor of social and preventive medicine and vice provost for strategic initiatives


The website URL where information about the sustainability committee is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability office:

The Office of Sustainability works with a broad range of campus and community groups, including the UB Environmental Stewardship Committee, to facilitate the university's Climate Action Plan, which calls for UB to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
3

The website URL where information about the sustainability office is available:
Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
Yes

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Ryan McPherson

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Chief Sustainability Officer

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

In September of 2011, Mr. McPherson was named the University at Buffalo’s first Chief Sustainability Officer. In his role as the CSO, Ryan connects people across the university with information, innovation, and tools to reduce UB’s footprint on the future and enhance quality of life by improving environmental stewardship, increasing economic efficiency and augmenting cultural values and awareness. He specifically works closely with university partners and employs an integrated campus-wide strategy that leverages the university’s operations, curriculum, external engagement and research to further UB’s sustainability efforts.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
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