First student-led Sustainability Project funded and delivered – a courtyard sensory garden on campus Creation of Sustainability Steering Board – the governance structure for cross-institutional decision-making and oversight Joined Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) Developed first baseline and roadmap (with SWM) Our first whole-institution baseline on carbon, waste, travel, procurement and community impact – evidence that underpins our first sustainability roadmap Sign up to WMNZ 2041 Business Pledge Hired our first Sustainability Manager SDG Accord signatory committing to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals across teaching, research and operations Reinstated Combined Heat and Power and rainwater harvesting in our BREEAM Excellent McIntyre House, built in 2015 Carbon Benchmarking on our Campus in support of our pledge to be operationally net zero carbon by 2041 Opted in to Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Estates Management Record – to facilitate consistent data collection across the estate Signed Race to Zero Pledge New waste management contract tendered – meaning we now get real-world waste data First biodiversity analysis, in collaboration with Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust SDG mapping becomes mandatory for all course revalidations in Higher Education Our Guild of Students launches its Sustainability Reps and Champion Framework Sustainability keynote at staff Learning and Teaching Conference on Digital Horizons in Education We hosted the Midlands’ first ever SUSTAIN Unconference – bringing students, sta and community together to co-design solutions in our role as a civic convenor Our sustainability team becomes two! Sustainability embedded in our Teaching and Learning Strategy and Digital Transformation Strategy Staff CPD – sustainability becomes a part of all sta inductions Joined Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP, formerly IEMA) as a corporate partner We rank 10th globally in the SOS SDG Teach In Our best attended community clean to date! A student, sta , Suez and Jewellery Quarter BID collaboration in name of the Million Mile Clean with Surfers Against Sewage Became an ISEP Accredited Training Center Our Sustainability Construction Centre (formerly James Cond printworks) shortlisted at Midlands Sustainability Excellence awards Our Business School signs up to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Management Education Sustainable Construction Centre work begins – Transforming the Art Deco former James Cond print works, into a flagship low-carbon construction skills and retrofit facility Sustainability West Midlands Strategic Roadmap published Set out priority actions for decarbonisation, nature recovery and responsible operations Headlines sponsor of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce’s Good Business Series – their flagship campaign on business environmental responsibility We host the second Sustain UnConference We host our first Green Careers Day with our HIRED team 2022 2023 2024 2025 OUR JOURNEY SO FAR GOVERNANCE CAMPUS COMMUNITY CURRICULUM 2026 We launch our Sustainability Strategy This our first sustainability strategy, building upon recent progress which enables us to accelerate action up to 2030. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY 2025–2030 03 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY 2025–2030 02
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