| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 79.54 |
| Liaison | Kelli O'Day |
| Submission Date | June 20, 2023 |
University of California, Davis
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.23 / 3.00 |
Carla
Fresquez Engagement Program Manager Sustainability |
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):
Wellness Ambassadors serve as representatives of the UC Davis Staff and Faculty Health and Well-being program while supporting and engaging their colleagues in wellness messaging, programs, activities and resources.
Wellness Ambassadors attend quarterly trainings, market, publicize and recruit staff and faculty participation in campus health and well-being activities and programming, identify potential ideas, strategies, and programs to enhance well-being and a healthy work culture/environment, develop health and well-being initiatives in their unit, share success stories and metrics with the Staff and Faculty Health and Well-being Program, and help manage Activity Release Waivers where applicable. This program operates and supports employees at both UC Davis and UC Davis Health. Wellness Ambassadors hold varying events throughout the year depending on the individual ambassador, and the amount of time worked by each educator is likely both underreported and goes beyond the minimum 10 minutes per week required by the program.
Currently there are 83 trained Wellness Ambassadors representing 60 different departments on the Davis Campus, with 7,721 subscribers to the Wellness listserv.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All UC Davis employees and UC Davis Health employees are the target audience for Wellness Ambassadors.
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A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
The Green Workplace program is a certification process that guides a lab or office into greater sustainability. Each certification is a led by a Green Workplace Captain, who takes on the responsibility of guiding peers within their workplace through the process of certification, and serves as the main point of contact for ongoing workplace sustainability initiatives and incentive programs for the remainder of the certification period, which lasts three years. The Green Workplace educates Captains on the achievable steps available for moving toward a more sustainable work space. Recommended actions are designed to reduce water, and energy usage, cut carbon emissions, and encourage sustainable purchasing.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
GW's target audience is on-campus faculty and staff, such as lab PIs or office workers, though the program has occasionally expanded to offices on the UC Davis Health campus. The Green Workplace Baseline Assessment collects data on how many individuals are in the lab or workplace of each Green Workplace Captain.
Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
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Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):
A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
Sustainable Practices: Events eCourse
Training for event planners and all other UC Davis community members interested and concerned with planning events and educating their peers about how to plan green events that 1) help save money, time, and resources; 2) reduce waste and energy; and 3) help UC Davis meet state laws and other policies.
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Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:
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