Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.91
Liaison Susan Powers
Submission Date April 10, 2024

STARS v2.2

Clarkson University
IN-40: Sustainability Projects Fund

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Susan Powers
Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment
ISE
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Name of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
Sustainability Fund

Which of the following best describes the primary source of funding for the sustainability projects fund?:
Department driven

Year the institution’s sustainability projects fund was established:
2,017

A brief description of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
Each year the Institute for a Sustainable Environment (ISE) spends $25,000 for on-campus sustainability projects. The Sustainability Committee has begun to put together a list of themes and projects that we can invest into this year such as managing food waste, bicycle infrastructure, digital energy dashboards throughout campus, etc. The Clarkson community then has the opportunity to vote on the different themes that the funding will go to that year.

A brief description of the multi-stakeholder decision-making process used to determine which projects receive funding through the sustainability projects fund:
The University's Sustainability Committee picks themes and ideas and the Clarkson Community gets to vote on what they would like to see the money used for.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the sustainability projects fund is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The video linked above shows and explains the Sustainability Fund 2020. The FY23 Sustainability Fund went towards a The Sustainability Faculty Fellows program.

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