Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.49
Liaison Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
Submission Date May 9, 2012
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Wake Forest University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
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 :

Wake Forest University
Sustainability Working Group Charter

Purpose:

The purpose of the Sustainability Working Group at Wake Forest University is to serve the need to work collaboratively across multiple areas of campus operations, academics, and student life to achieve campus sustainability goals.

The group will:
o Gather data for sustainability assessment framework(s) as needed
o Develop collaborative initiatives that improve the sustainability of the campus
o Develop guidelines and policies for campus sustainability
o Develop a long-range sustainability action plan for campus

Composition:

The working group is comprised of staff, faculty, and student members whose work actively supports the university’s guiding principles for sustainability. In accordance with the purpose of the group, the members should represent departments, units, and campus organizations that actively work to increase the sustainability of the university. The group is not an advisory group.


Members of the committee, including affiliations:

Representatives from the following departments, units, and campus organizations are charter members of the group:
Residence Life and Housing
CEES
Athletics
Dining Services
Communications and External Relations
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Purchasing Department
Information Services
Landscaping Services
Waste Reduction and Recycling
Planning and Construction
Maintenance and Utilities
Environmental Health & Safety
Parking and Transportation
Custodial Services
Student Government

Representatives should be designated by a dean, department chair, or director.


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

A brief description of the sustainability office:

The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to encourage and facilitate the collaborative efforts of faculty, students, and staff to generate knowledge, acquire skills, develop values, and initiate practices that contribute to a sustainable, high quality of life on campus, in the Triad, and across the globe.

The Office of Sustainability supports faculty, students, and staff in assuming leadership to transform the following fifteen guiding principles into practices:

Stewardship
Service and Outreach
Teaching and Research
Energy Conservation and Climate Change
Land and Resource Management
Dining and Food Systems
Built Environment
Waste Reduction
Procurement
Transportation
Health and Wellbeing
Equity
Cultural Climate
Investment
Development


The number of people employed in the sustainability office:
2.50

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

Sustainability coordinator's name:
Dedee DeLongpre Johnston

Sustainability coordinator's position title:
Director of Sustainability

A brief description of the sustainability coordinator’s position:

The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to encourage and facilitate the collaborative efforts of faculty, students, and staff to generate knowledge, acquire skills, develop values, and initiate practices that contribute to a sustainable, high quality of life on campus, in the Triad, and across the globe.

The director is responsible for enacting the mission of the office.


The website URL where information about the sustainability coordinator is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The office employs 10 undergraduate interns.


The office employs 10 undergraduate interns.

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