Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.82
Liaison Rebecca Collins
Submission Date Dec. 10, 2020
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Temple University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Rebecca Collins
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Sustainability Committee(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Sustainability Ambassadors: The university has a council of sustainability ambassadors for each campus. This group meets once a month to develop strategies on advancing sustainability on campus. The ambassadors are responsible for communicating initiatives on sustainability to their constituent groups, offering advice and insight, reporting problems or best practices that they see and generally being a resource on sustainability at the local level (http://sustainability.temple.edu/ambassadors).

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Members of each committee, including affiliations and role (e.g. staff, student, or faculty):
See the below link, which has a list of all of the ambassadors and their affiliations. Tiffenia Archie, Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership (IDEAL) William Bergman, Office of the President Kurt Bresser, Office of Facilities Management Marissa Cloutier, College of Public Health Jacek Ghosh, Sustainable Education, University College Kathleen Grady, Office of Sustainability Joy De Jesus, Office of the EVP & COO John Johnson, Service Operations Emily Logan, Graduate Student, Fox School of Business TJ Logan, Housing and Residential Life Greg Lupinski, Environmental Health and Radiation Safety Sarah Powell, Office of Emergency Management Jonathan Reiter, Office of the EVP & COO Andy Riccardi, Health Sciences Center Christina Rosan, College of Liberal Arts Rominder Suri, College of Engineering James Templeton, Project Delivery Group Laura Toran, College of Science and Technology Aaron Weckstein, Undergraduate Student, CLA Kate Wingert Playdon, Tyler School of Art

Sustainability Office(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) employee?:
Yes

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A brief description of each sustainability office:
Temple University’s Office of Sustainability is responsible for advancing sustainable academic initiatives and research, creating a sustainable campus environment and culture, and improving outreach and engagement on sustainability issues. The Provost also has a Director of Sustainability Education who focuses specifically on education initiatives.

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Full-time equivalent (FTE) of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
2

Sustainability Officer(s) 

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Kathleen Grady, Director of Sustainability

Institution-Wide Coordination 

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution (e.g. a campus-wide committee or an officer/office responsible for the entire campus)?:
Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
Temple University has an Office of Sustainability. The Office produces an annual report which summarizes sustainability initiatives each academic year. Those reports are publicly available here: http://sustainability.temple.edu/about-us/annual-report. The Sustainability Ambassadors meet monthly during the academic year.

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.temple.edu/sustainability

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Updated as of July 2019.

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