Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.29
Liaison Jennifer Andrews
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
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University of New Hampshire
PAE-14: Sustainability in New Employee Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Chris Van Horn
Training Coordinator
UNH Human Resources
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Does the institution cover sustainability topics in new employee orientation and/or in outreach and guidance materials distributed to new employees, including faculty and staff?:
Yes

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

The UNH Human Resources Training Coordinator gives a one-day orientation day to all new UNH employees (http://www.unh.edu/hr/pod/orient/index.html). As part of this, UNH HR works with UNH Sustainability Academy staff to include sustainability information to help educate new UNH employees on how to become more involved with sustainability efforts, practices, and policies on campus. Web tours that are run by Human Resources for new employees showcase the UNH Sustainability Academy and the university's curricula, operations, research and engagement in sustainability. Both the tours and the information presented highlight resources to staff that will enhance sustainable behavior in the professional setting. Each new UNH employee receives a brochure explaining how they can become more involved with UNH sustainabilityand also information on how they can make environmentally and socially responsible choices while working at UNH. The desired outcome is to promote awareness about a wide variety of sustainability related issues that will stay with UNH staff and faculty while they are on campus but also outside of work.

All UNH employees are encouraged to be a part of the sustainability commitment on campus, particularly via the UNH Sustainability Stewards program: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/stewards.html


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