Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.29
Liaison Holly Andersen
Submission Date March 30, 2022

STARS v2.2

Bennington College
EN-8: Employee Orientation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00
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Percentage of new employees that are offered orientation and/or outreach and guidance materials that cover sustainability topics:
100

A brief description of how sustainability is included in new employee orientation:
This is the information provided to new employees at employee orientation: Bennington College is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The College reports yearly on sustainability initiatives and progress across all offices of the College. The intent of this work is to gain recognition for our sustainability efforts, generate new ideas, engage our community, create a baseline for continuous improvement, inform strategic planning and budgeting, integrate sustainability into the curriculum, make real progress towards sustainability, and engage with other institutions from around the world to continue to fight climate change. Every student, staff, and faculty member can help continue this work.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about sustainability in employee orientation is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
New employee sustainability training is the first Wednesday of the month at 11. We also require every new hire at Bennington to attend a training on anti-racism.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfzzySw8vxM

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