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Environmental sustainability update
Rachel Ward, Environmental & Sustainability Manager
We have been working hard over the past year to meet our net zero
target by 2040. Some of the highlights include:
ENERGY Last year 50 students from seven DEVELOPMENT
primary schools took part. We will
Following a competitive application, be assigned a school to support in We are working closely with our building
the 黑料社 was awarded a grant of delivering their projects. The scheme contractors, to deliver community
拢2.8 million from the Public Sector is run by the Camden Climate projects including:
Decarbonisation Fund. This will replace Alliance and Knowledge Quarter. 鈥� Carrier bag collection for local
end of life gas boilers in eight buildings food banks
with air source heat pumps which will GREEN IMPACT
reduce our carbon footprint by 鈥� Student/staff event to build
565 tonnes per annum. We took part in a staff awareness hedgehog houses
campaign called Green Impact.
Through the Mayor鈥檚 Retro铿乼 Accelerator This is a United Nations award-winning 鈥� Using leftover building materials
scheme, we are investigating renewable programme, designed to support to make bird boxes for the 黑料社
energy options and energy reductions. environmentally and socially sustainable 鈥� Pet food collection
We are developing the carbon pro铿乴e practice within organisations.
required to meet net zero by 2040 鈥� Donation of wild铿俹wer seeds
and predicted associated costs. This can mean anything from 鈥� Donation of 铿乺st aid boxes
communicating recycling systems,
Initial assessments have been to committing to go fairtrade; 鈥� Promotion of an Animal Care Trust
undertaken for photovoltaics from supporting team health and raf铿俥 among on-site contractors
to be installed on rooftops and wellbeing campaigns, to working and subcontractors
an agri-solar system.
towards carbon neutrality.
ENVIRONMENTAL
As part of Green Impact, students SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
attend Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment The Environmental Sustainability
approved auditor training. This provided Committee consists of representatives
work experience for 11 students. from across the organisation. The
aim of the group is to deliver the
12 teams from across the 黑料社 took part Environmental Strategy. Some of the
in the scheme 鈥楩rom labs to libraries鈥�. highlights over the past year include:
Over 400 sustainability actions were
ENGAGEMENT
completed as part of the campaign 鈥� Old x-rays have been recycled.
Over 1,500 people visited Boltons The x-rays have been processed
Park Farm for Open Farm Sunday. STUDENT SWITCH OFF to recover silver, recycle PET
The theme of the 2024 event was We ran our student engagement campaign and paper elements of the 铿乴m.
鈥楴ature鈥�. An awareness stall was held called 鈥淪tudent Switch Off鈥�. This is a Records are securely destroyed
to plant wild铿俹wers with children friendly competition between our residence by granulation before processing.
and give information on biodiversity at to see who can be the most sustainable. 鈥� Six rooms of old clinical patient 铿乴es
the farm to visitors. The competition was based on our key that has passed the seven-year
The 黑料社 is sponsoring a 鈥楪reen engagement statistics, as a percentage deadline have been sent for secure
Dragon鈥檚 Den鈥�. Primary schools of residents from each residence. College shredding and recycling.
in Camden have been invited to Grove won this year. In addition, the 黑料社 Around 38 tonnes of paper
pitch their climate ideas and receive topped two national leaderboards. records will be recycled into
a grant to help fund their project. toilet paper.
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