{"id":16717,"date":"2024-06-06T11:54:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T11:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=16717"},"modified":"2024-07-23T10:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:05:59","slug":"operations","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/annual-sustainability-report-2022-23\/operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading\">Managing environmental impacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-background-color has-background no-mb\">This report contains our performance record against the objectives of our Environmental Management System (EMS) which is accredited to ISO 14001:2015 and audited annually by British Standards Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-background-color has-background no-mt no-mb\">In May 2023 the EMS passed its full recertification audit which covers the next 3 years to 2026. There are 2 relevant datasets: <br><br><strong>1. Carbon emissions reduction performance <\/strong>\u2013 against targets for 2030 \u2013 which are part of our Carbon Net Zero Strategy \u2013 see the Net Zero section of this report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-background-color has-background no-mt no-mb\"><strong>2. Additional environmental management objectives<\/strong> \u2013 against targets for 2027 as part of our current Sustainability Strategy \u2013 see the data and policy aspects below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" extra-pt\">Running an EMS and reporting on progress is essential for good sustainability governance and ours has both internal and external review and audit mechanisms. These overall system checks help us to assess and report on our material impacts, identify risks, reduce negative impacts, remedy weak areas and address concerns of our stakeholders (which includes staff, students, partners, local communities, and our executive team and University Council as our governing body).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We aim to make this data as easy to understand as possible, to aid transparency for stakeholders and auditors. Performance improvement actions are noted where we are falling short of our aims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading\">Performance data<\/h2>\n\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block collapsibleRow \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<input  type=\"checkbox\" name=\"collapsibleRow_group_5314\" class=\"is-sr-only collapsibleRow_group_checkbox collapsibleRow_checkbox\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_5314_2485\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_5314_2485\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsibleRow_group_5314_2485\" role=\"button\" for=\"collapsibleRow_group_5314_2485\" class=\"collapsibleRow__title base-text has-grey-light-background-color has-black-color\"><span class=\"is-sr-only\">Toggle collapsibleRow<\/span>Reduce gas use<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel\" hidden aria-labelledby=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_5314_2485\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_5314_2485\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmsr-web-assets.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/06\/19142101\/operations-reduce-gas-use.png\" alt=\"Graph showing &quot;Reduce gas use&quot;. Y axis showing kwh, starting with 0 and increasing by 1000 up to 8000. X axis showing years starting at 2018-19 (5,306,423 kwh BASELINE), 2019-20 (5,725,230 kwh), 2020-21 (7,901,541 kwh), 2021-22 (6,647,501 kwh) and ending at 2022-23 (4,892,584 kwh ACTUAL - 8% decrease against baseline). 2027 target is 3,530,423 kwh - 32% reduction.\" class=\"wp-image-129000006662\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block collapsibleRow \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<input  type=\"checkbox\" name=\"collapsibleRow_group_6648\" class=\"is-sr-only collapsibleRow_group_checkbox collapsibleRow_checkbox\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_6648_4907\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_6648_4907\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsibleRow_group_6648_4907\" role=\"button\" for=\"collapsibleRow_group_6648_4907\" class=\"collapsibleRow__title base-text has-grey-light-background-color has-black-color\"><span class=\"is-sr-only\">Toggle collapsibleRow<\/span>Reduce electricity use<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel\" hidden aria-labelledby=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_6648_4907\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_6648_4907\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmsr-web-assets.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/07\/23100042\/Operations-reduce-electricity-use.png\" alt=\"Graph showing &quot;Reduce electricity use&quot;. Y axis showing kwh starting at 0 and increasing by 1000 up to 5000. X axis showing years starting at 2018-19 (measure: 4,198,207 kwh BASELINE), then 2019-20 (3,383,102 kwh), 2020-21 (4,216,148 kwh), 2021-22 (4,951,663 kwh) and ending at 2022-23 (4,536,781 kwh ACTUAL - 8% increase against baseline). 2027 target is 3,988,294 kwh - 5% reduction.\" class=\"wp-image-129000006786\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block collapsibleRow \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<input  type=\"checkbox\" name=\"collapsibleRow_group_4172\" class=\"is-sr-only collapsibleRow_group_checkbox collapsibleRow_checkbox\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_4172_8852\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_4172_8852\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsibleRow_group_4172_8852\" role=\"button\" for=\"collapsibleRow_group_4172_8852\" class=\"collapsibleRow__title base-text has-grey-light-background-color has-black-color\"><span class=\"is-sr-only\">Toggle collapsibleRow<\/span>Reduce water use per FTE<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel\" hidden aria-labelledby=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_4172_8852\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_4172_8852\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmsr-web-assets.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/06\/19142055\/operations-reduce-water-use-per-FTE.png\" alt=\"Graph showing &quot;reduce water use per FTE&quot;. Y axis showing m3\/FTE starting at 0, increasing by 1s up to 6. X axis showing years starting at 2020-21 then 2021-22, and ending at 2022-23. Actual for 2022-23 6.3 m3\/FTE. 2027 target is 4.0 m3\/FTE.\" class=\"wp-image-129000006659\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block collapsibleRow \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<input  type=\"checkbox\" name=\"collapsibleRow_group_6753\" class=\"is-sr-only collapsibleRow_group_checkbox collapsibleRow_checkbox\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_6753_5360\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_6753_5360\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsibleRow_group_6753_5360\" role=\"button\" for=\"collapsibleRow_group_6753_5360\" class=\"collapsibleRow__title base-text has-grey-light-background-color has-black-color\"><span class=\"is-sr-only\">Toggle collapsibleRow<\/span>Reduce waste arising<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel\" hidden aria-labelledby=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_6753_5360\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_6753_5360\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmsr-web-assets.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/06\/19142054\/operations-reduce-waste-arising.png\" alt=\"Graph showing &quot;reduce waste arising&quot;. Y axis showing kg\/FTE starting at 0 increasing in 10s to 50. X axis showing years starting with 2018-19 then 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and ending at 2022-23. Actual for 2022-23: 28.9kg\/FTE. 2027 target is 31.7kg\/FTE.\" class=\"wp-image-129000006658\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block collapsibleRow \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapsibleRow__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<input  type=\"checkbox\" name=\"collapsibleRow_group_8194\" class=\"is-sr-only collapsibleRow_group_checkbox collapsibleRow_checkbox\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_8194_9062\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_8194_9062\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsibleRow_group_8194_9062\" role=\"button\" for=\"collapsibleRow_group_8194_9062\" class=\"collapsibleRow__title base-text has-grey-light-background-color has-black-color\"><span class=\"is-sr-only\">Toggle collapsibleRow<\/span>Increase recycling rate<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel\" hidden aria-labelledby=\"collapsibleRow_group_label_8194_9062\" id=\"collapsibleRow_group_8194_9062\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cmsr-web-assets.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/06\/19142057\/operations-increase-recycling-rate.png\" alt=\"Graph showing &quot;Increase recycling rate&quot;. Y axis showing %, starting with 0 and increasing by 10 up to 60. X axis showing years starting at 2018-19 then 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and ending at 2022-23. Baseline shown at 2018-19 at 55%. Actual shown at 2022-23 at 54%. 2027 target is 60%.\" class=\"wp-image-129000006660\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading\">Policy standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as the performance targets above, our EMS has a range of policy objectives, that cover standards and practices we wish to maintain, to deliver the aims of our EMS and Sustainability Strategy. The status of these objectives at the close of academic year 2022-2023 was as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Policy objective<\/th><th>Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Compliance with legal obligations<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #92d050\">GREEN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Complete divestment from fossil fuel investments<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #92d050\">GREEN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zero waste to landfill for waste streams<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #92d050\">GREEN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Red Tractor accreditation for catering operations<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #92d050\">GREEN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marine Stewardship status for catering operations<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #92d050\">GREEN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Preserve and enhance biodiversity through cross-campus biodiversity policy<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #92d050\">GREEN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Regional Centre of Expertise status with the United Nations University<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #ffc000\">AMBER<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Education for Sustainability programme supporting academic enhancement<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #ffc000\">AMBER<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Student experience programme delivered collaboratively with students<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #ff0000\">RED<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monitoring of sustainability in academic activities<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #ffc000\">AMBER<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monitoring student satisfaction and interest through national surveys<\/td><td style=\"background-color: #92d050\">GREEN<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading\">Environmental improvements actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To maintain and improve performance, we oversee both annual and one-off initiatives across the university supporting our environmental management aims. In 2022-2023 this included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-4 is-4--mobile\">Optimised winter heating schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of running the boilers on full from October, we phased in winter heating, monitoring temperatures carefully and only running boilers long enough to maintain target temperatures during October and November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Gas saved: 750,581kWh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">CO2 emissions reduced: 11%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-4 is-4--mobile\">New EV charging points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Encouraging staff and students to use lower carbon transport is crucial to our carbon net zero targets, so we have installed two new electric vehicle charging points at FCH, Hardwick and Park. This builds on the four already in place at Oxstalls and the Sports Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-4 is-4--mobile\">Waste into value through charity partnership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We work with the British Heart Foundation Pack for Good initiative to collect donated goods from student halls, avoiding waste and creating value for the charity. In 2023 we delivered: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">1214 bags from 7 campus donation points, worth \u00a316,996 To BHF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">9.7 tonnes diverted from waste streams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-4 is-4--mobile\">Food waste trial in student halls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to student feedback, and as part of our ongoing work to improve waste management; we trialled separate bins for food waste in our Hardwick halls of residence, and provided students with tips to reduce food waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-4 is-4--mobile\">Policy updates approved by University Executive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with new University strategies, our Executive Committee approved a number of updated policies and plans aligned to sustainability, which we published online. These included our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/biodiversity-policy-2023-2028\/\">Biodiversity Policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/sustainable-travel-plan-2023-2028\/\">Sustainable Travel Plan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/sustainable-catering-policy-2023-2028\/\">Sustainable Catering Policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/waste-management-policy-2023-2028\/\">Waste Management Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/procurement-strategy-2020-to-2023\/\">Procurement Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading\">Reporting on the UN Global Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This report meets our annual reporting commitments on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an institutional signatory to the tertiary sector SDG Accord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout this annual report, we record how the actions and results shown in this report contribute to the delivery of the UN SDGs. The actions on this page contribute to the specific goals marked below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information&nbsp;view the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/annual-sustainability-report-2022-23\/global-goals\/\">global goals page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color is-6 is-6--mobile wp-elements-d486501eb565fe0dfd773b52a01c4b20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/annual-sustainability-report-2022-23\/global-goals\/#9\">Goal 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-small_square is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/annual-sustainability-report-2022-23\/global-goals\/#9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/cmsr-web-assets.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/07\/01125647\/TheGlobalGoals_Icons_Color_Goal_9-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129000006720\" style=\"width:125px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color is-6 is-6--mobile wp-elements-888e8bee20c1f23a7e0631e4069df2b9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/annual-sustainability-report-2022-23\/global-goals\/#12\">Goal 12. 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