Does University of Hertfordshire have a publicly available environmental policy? Yes: www.herts.ac.uk/fms/documents/Sustainable%20communities/EnvAndSustPolicy.pdf

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Is it reported on annually at a senior level? Yes

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Does it set SMART targets reduce environmental impacts in all the following areas?:

• Transport: Yes
• Biodiversity: Yes
• Community involvement: Yes
• Construction and refurbishment: Yes
• Emissions and discharges: Yes
• Sustainable procurement: Yes
• Waste: Yes
• Water: Yes

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University of Hertfordshire has audited its environmental impacts in the following areas within the last five years (0.5 points for each area):

• Biodiversity: Yes
• Construction and refurbishment: No
• Emissions and discharges: Yes
• Energy: Yes
• Sustainable procurement: No
• Transport: Yes
• Waste: Yes
• Water: Yes

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Does University of Hertfordshire operate an externally audited Environmental Management System (e.g. ISO14001, EMAS, Ecocampus, Green Dragon, IEMA Acorn Scheme [BS8885])?

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Does University of Hertfordshire have a publicly available ethical investment policy? Yes: sitem.herts.ac.uk/secreg/upr/FR02.htm

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Is the publicly available ethical investment policy reported on annually and/or are there ongoing opportunities for staff, students and other stakeholders to engage with the policy? Yes

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Has University of Hertfordshire, on ethical grounds: a) divested, b) invested, c) engaged with companies as a shareholder, or d) changed banking provider in the last year? No

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Does University of Hertfordshire have a publicly available Carbon Management Plan which meets the Carbon Trust and Capital Investment Framework requirements? www.herts.ac.uk/fms/documents/Sustainable%20communities/Carbon%20Management%20Plan%20Mar%202011.pdf.

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How ambitious is University of Hertfordshire’s average annual % carbon reduction target (calculated from an institution’s short-term targets from a 2005 baseline)

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The scope of University of Hertfordshire’s carbon management plan baseline & targets includes emissions from the following areas:

• Procurement : No
• Staff and student business trips e.g. flights to conferences and field trips: No
• Staff and students commuting to university on a daily basis: No
• Carbon emissions associated with the travel between students’ homes and the university at the start and end of term (including international students’ travel to and from their home country) : No

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Is University of Hertfordshire an accredited Fairtrade University with the Fairtrade Foundation. Yes

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Does University of Hertfordshire have a joint staff/student steering group with the remit of going beyond Fairtrade and increasing the sustainability of all procurement categories? No

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Is University of Hertfordshire affiliated to the Worker Rights Consortium, in order to monitor the suppliers and parts of its garment supply chains that are not covered by Fairtrade certification? No

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Does University of Hertfordshire have a publicly available Sustainable Food policy which sets specific timebound targets for improvements? Links provided: www.foodhertfordshire.co.uk/about_us/Environmental_ Policy.pdf

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Is the sustainable food policy reported on annually at a senior level? No

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University of Hertfordshire is implementing the following sustainable food practices or is working towards Soil Association Food for Life catering mark:

• only purchasing/using free-range eggs Yes

• only purchasing/using sustainable fish Yes

• Menus change with the availability of seasonal produce Yes

• not selling bottled water through its hospitaility services Yes

• purchasing 100% organic milk No

• less and better meat No

• working towards Food for Life accreditation with the Soil Association No

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University of Hertfordshire purchases 100.00% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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University of Hertfordshire generates 0 kWh of its energy by Combined Heat and Power (CHP).

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University of Hertfordshire generates 0.00% energy on-site from Low or Zero-Carbon energy sources.

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University of Hertfordshire recycles 54.61% of its total waste.

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University of Hertfordshire produces 89.10 kg of waste per head

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University of Hertfordshire's average carbon emissions per head is 1032.86kg CO₂eq

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University of Hertfordshire has increased its emissions since 2005 by 19.39%

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University of Hertfordshire uses 12.75kl water per head.

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0.0854% of University of Hertfordshire's water comes from grey or rain water sources.

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