Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.78
Liaison Christa Rieck
Submission Date Jan. 3, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Houston
EN-8: Employee Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Elizabeth Clark
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Planning
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Percentage of new employees that are offered orientation and/or outreach and guidance materials that cover sustainability topics:
100

A brief description of how sustainability is included in new employee orientation:

All new hires to the University of Houston attend orientation on their first day. At new hire orientation, sustainability is discussed as one of the campus’s resources to staff, faculty, students and the entire community. Topics include resources around wellness, work-life balance, campus sustainability and development, and physical and mental health. Wellness: Employee PowerUp Wellness resources (walking paths, on-site immunization clinics, mobile mammograms, farmers markets, and more)
Work-Life balance: EAP resources, Alternative Work Arrangement policy, Bright Horizons program
Physical and Mental health - EAP resources, cougar walking paths, campus rec center, medical benefits


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