Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 70.33
Liaison Enid Cardinal
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Rochester Institute of Technology
PA-4: Reporting Assurance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Neha Sood
Assistant Director for Campus Sustainability
RIT Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Please note that assured reports are still subject to review by AASHE staff prior to publication, which may require additional revisions. AASHE reserves the right to withhold points for this credit if it is determined that the assurance process was clearly unsuccessful in identifying and resolving inconsistencies or errors (e.g., when AASHE staff identify a significant number of issues that were either not mentioned in the completed review template or not resolved successfully).

Has the institution completed an assurance process that provides independent affirmation that the information in its current STARS report is reported in accordance with credit criteria?:
Yes

Did the assurance process include internal review, an external audit, or both?:
Both internal review and an external audit

The name, title, and organizational affiliation of each reviewer:
Internal Review - Lorrie Hendron, Operations Coordinator for Strategic Planning and Sustainability

A brief description of the institution’s assurance process:
A full internal audit was completed by Lorrie Hendron of RIT prior to submission. Affirmation and review template is attached.

Affirmation from the reviewer(s) that the report has been reviewed in full and that all identified inconsistencies and errors have been successfully addressed prior to submitting it to AASH​E:
STARS_Certification_Statement.pdf

Completed STARS Review Template:
STARS_2.2_Review_Template__FINAL.xlsx

Optional

Affirmation from the reviewer(s) that the report has been reviewed in full and that all identified inconsistencies and errors have been successfully addressed prior to ​submitting it to AASHE (2nd review):
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Completed STARS Review Template (2nd review):
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Affirmation from the reviewer(s) that the report has been reviewed in full and that all identified inconsistencies and errors have been successfully addressed prior to ​submitting it to AASHE​ (3rd review):
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Copy of completed STARS Review Template (3rd review):
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Website URL where information about the institution’s reporting assurance is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
RIT_STARS_2.2_Review_Template___Cornell_University_Audit.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
RIT worked with Cornell University to complete an initial informal audit of some of the credits during summer 2021. Updates were made based on their comments (where applicable). The same credits were reviewed by Cornell University a second time, as indicated in the attached spreadsheet (under "additional documentation to support the submission"). Since this was an informal audit and not all the credits were reviewed, an affirmation is not available.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.