Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.53
Liaison Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
Submission Date July 27, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Wake Forest University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
Chief Sustainability Officer
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each 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 each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):

Representatives from the following divisions, departments, and units will meet quarterly, throughout the calendar year:

Athletics
Auxiliary Services
Facilities and Campus Services
Human Resources
Procurement
Residence Life and Housing
Wake Forest Properties

Representatives from the following divisions, departments, units, centers, and institutes will contribute to the efforts of the Working Group and will meet separately, concurrently, or with the Working Group as needed:

Auxiliary Units:
Bookstores
Dining Services
Graylyn
Parking and Transportation

Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability

Communications and External Relations

Environmental Health & Safety

Environmental Program

Facilities and Campus Services Units:
Custodial Services
Landscaping Services
Maintenance and Utilities
Planning and Construction
Waste Reduction and Recycling

Information Services

Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Pro Humanitate Institute


Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) employee?:
Yes

A brief description of each 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


Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
3

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Dedee DeLongpre Johnston

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution (e.g. a campus-wide committee or an officer/office responsible for the entire campus)?:
Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:

Following the 2015 STARS submission, the office, in consultation with the Provost and Executive Vice President, facilitated the development of strategic goals. The Chief Sustainability Officer presented the goals to the university's executive leadership bodies for adoption and integration into all areas of planning.


Job title of the sustainability officer position:
Chief Sustainability Officer

Job description for the sustainability officer position:
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Job title of the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Director, Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability

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Job title of the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Director, Graduate Sustainability Programs

Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The office employs 10 undergraduate interns.

The director of the office holds a standing appointment on the board of the university's academic and research center, the WFU Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. The office and the center share administrative services and are housed in the same physical space on campus.


The office employs 10 undergraduate interns.

The director of the office holds a standing appointment on the board of the university's academic and research center, the WFU Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. The office and the center share administrative services and are housed in the same physical space on campus.

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