Green Focus

• Education for Sustainability (EfS) in the curriculum audit
• EfS Support for teaching staff

• Biodiversity Management Plan
• Carbon Reduction Management Plan
• Carbon Reduction Management Plan - Addendum (student accommodation)
• Waste and recycling information for staff (login required)
• Waste and recycling information for students (login required)

• Sustainable Transport Policy
• Electric car charging - POD point Twin user guide
• Bike Policy
• Travel Plan (web version)
• Bath Spa Travel Plan (full version)
• Sustainable and Active Travel Champions – a group of staff and students from across the University (for information, email: environment@bathspa.ac.uk)
• Sustainable transport information for staff (login required)
• Sustainable transport information for students (login required)

• Bath Spa University is a member of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium, which is signed up to Electronics Watch
• Fairtrade Policy
• Sustainable Food Policy
• Fish and seafood sold through our catering outlets is certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (certificate of accreditation)
• Sustainable Food and Fairtrade Working Group – terms of reference
• Sustainable Procurement Working Group - terms of reference
• Flexible Framework implementation

• People Strategy (login required)
• Staff Equality Policy
• Staff Employee Well-being Policy (login required)
• Safety Health and Environment Policy (login required)
• Students’ Union Strategic Plan 2016-2020

We provide free drinking water in all our academic buildings across the Bath Spa estate. You can find all our publicly available mains-fed water fountains on the Refill app. We provide these not only for people’s health and wellbeing but also to reduce our dependence on single-use disposable bottles of water.

• Sustainable Treasury Management Policy
• Ethical Donor’s charter

Information on our Carbon reduction Management Plan (CRMP) can be found on page 10 of our Financial Statement for the year 2016-17.

• Signatory of NCCPE’s Manifesto for Public Engagement
• Campus food growing project - Bath Spa Grow Op
• The Seasons Food Enterprise - Aiming to create a sustainable, self-sufficient food enterprise that puts back into the community (students and wider community) 
• Student Community Partnership - GREEN Group (Green Resources Energy and Environment Network Group)
• Pack for Good (login required)
• Sustainable Green Travel Week
• Sustainability events - for details of upcoming events please visit our Facebook page, we run events throughout the year including Green and Sustainable travel weeks

The Sustainability Steering Group (SSG) is responsible for:

• Overseeing the direction of sustainability at Bath Spa
• Reviewing relevant policies and strategies
• Reporting compliance of environmental audits along with recommendations and corrective actions
• Changes in aspects, impacts and changes
• Briefed on any changes to environmental legislation that affect the business
• Reporting on how the University meets its objectives and targets
• Reviews complaints and incidents
• Resources.

• Paul Fox - Pro-Vice Chancellor, Finance and Infrastructure - Chair of SSG
• Neil Sammells – Deputy Vice-Chancellor Provost
• Becky Schaaf - Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Student Experience
• Richard Jordan – Director of Estates and Services
• Andy Williams – Deputy Head of Estates and Services
• Tracy Banks - Financial Operations Manager
• Arlene Stone – Director of Human Resources
• Sara Gallagher - Head of Student Wellbeing Services
• Andy Salmon - Pro-Vice-Chancellor, External
• John Strachan - Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise
• Student Union President
• Julian Greaves – Sustainability Manager
• Sara Cundy – Sustainability Co-ordinator

In attendance/circulation of papers

• Jane Conibere - Senior Chancelry Administrator (minutes)

• Paul Fox - Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Finance and Infrastructure
  
  Chair of the Sustainability Steering Group and overall responsibility for the University's sustainability strategic direction.
  
  p.fox@bathspa.ac.uk
  
  
• Julian Greaves – Sustainability Manager
  
  Developing the University’s Sustainability Strategy, Energy and Environmental Management.
  
  j.greaves@bathspa.ac.uk
  +44 (0) 1225 875846
  
  
• Sam Henderson – Energy Performance Officer
  
  Energy data analysis, BMS Optimisation, Support for Sustainability Manager
  
  s.henderson@bathspa.ac.uk
  +44 (0) 1225 875846
  
  
• Sara Cundy – Sustainability Co-ordinator
  
  Support for EMS Manager, lead officer for sustainable transport, food, Fairtrade, Environmental activities and programmes communications, staff and student engagement, working with Student Community Partnership.
  
  s.cundy@bathspa.ac.uk
  +44 (0)1225 876282
  
  
  
• David Tinkham – Technical Manger
  
  Operational management, co-ordinating protocols for environmental protection at Sion Hill and BSAD satellite sites including hazardous waste management.
  
  d.tinkham@bathspa.ac.uk
  +44 (0)1225 875475
  
  
• Penny Snowden – Grounds Manager
  
  Grounds management, implementation of Biodiversity and Habitat Management Plan, pollution prevention
  
  p.snowden@bathspa.ac.uk
  +44 (0)1225 876249
  
  
• Ceri Davies – Technical Demonstrator 
  
  Responsible for hazardous waste at Newton Park
  
  c.davies7@bathspa.ac.uk
  
  
• Kate Rigby – Professor of Environmental Humanities
  
  Education for a Sustainable Future Lead
  
  k.rigby@bathspa.ac.uk
  +44 (0)1225 875626

• Green Communicators – Student Employees
  
  Communicating sustainability issues to their peers.  
  
  Please sign-up with the JobShop to be notified of any upcoming vacancies to the team.

• Green Communicator – Student Placement
  
  Sustainability related project work: every year we offer the opportunity for a current student to spend an extended period of time working with the team on a specific project related to Sustainability at Bath Spa. Please contact Sara Cundy for more information.

• Communications strategy
• All new starters undertake an induction programme, which includes coverageof the university sustainability policy, ISO14001 and areas for staff to engage in environmental activities. The sustainability team also sends out a welcome email.

• Grounds management and biodiversity
• Waste management and recycling
• Control of emissions to air and water
• Use of compactors
• Management and storage of liquid fuels
• Storage and use of horticultural chemicals
• Asbestos management
• Spill management