Does Royal College of Music, London have a publicly available environmental policy? Yes: www.rcm.ac.uk/about/governanceorganisation/collegestrategypolicyandhandbooks/enviromentalpolicy/Environmental%20Policy%20March%202012.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: No
• Community involvement: Yes
• Construction and refurbishment: Yes
• Emissions and discharges: Yes
• Sustainable procurement: Yes
• Waste: Yes
• Water: Yes

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Royal College of Music, London has audited its environmental impacts in the following areas within the last five years (0.5 points for each area):

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

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

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Does Royal College of Music, London have a publicly available ethical investment policy? Yes: www.rcm.ac.uk/about/governanceorganisation/collegestrategypolicyandhandbooks/enviromentalpolicy/Socially%20Responsible%20Investment%20Policy%20Nov%202011.pdf

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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 Royal College of Music, London, 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 Royal College of Music, London have a publicly available Carbon Management Plan which meets the Carbon Trust and Capital Investment Framework requirements? Links provided: www.rcm.ac.uk/about/governanceorganisation/collegestrategypolicyandhandbooks/enviromentalpolicy/Environmental%20Policy.pdf www.rcm.ac.uk/about/governanceorganisation/collegestrategypolicyandhandbooks/enviromentalpolicy/Carbon%20Management%20Plan%20Oct2010%20Revised%20Feb%202012.pdf

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How ambitious is Royal College of Music, London’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 Royal College of Music, London’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: Yes
• 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 Royal College of Music, London an accredited Fairtrade University with the Fairtrade Foundation. Yes

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Does Royal College of Music, London have a joint staff/student steering group with the remit of going beyond Fairtrade and increasing the sustainability of all procurement categories? Yes

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Is Royal College of Music, London 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 Royal College of Music, London have a publicly available Sustainable Food policy which sets specific timebound targets for improvements? Links provided: www.rcm.ac.uk/about/governanceorganisation/collegestrategypolicyandhandbooks/enviromentalpolicy/RCM%20Sustainable%20Food%20Policy.pdf www.rcm.ac.uk/about/governanceorganisation/collegestrategypolicyandhandbooks/enviromentalpolicy/Environmental%20Policy.pdf www3.imperial.ac.uk/eatinganddrinking/morethanfood/sustainablecatering www3.imperial.ac.uk/eatinganddrinking/morethanfood/sustainablecatering/londonontap www.sustainweb.org/sustainablefishcity/about/

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Is the sustainable food policy reported on annually at a senior level? Yes

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Royal College of Music, London 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 No

• 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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Royal College of Music, London purchases 100.00% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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Royal College of Music, London generates (No valid data)

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Royal College of Music, London generates 0.67% energy on-site from Low or Zero-Carbon energy sources.

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Royal College of Music, London recycles 76.95% of its total waste.

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Royal College of Music, London produces 96.59 kg of waste per head

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Royal College of Music, London's average carbon emissions per head is 1353.65kg CO₂eq

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Royal College of Music, London has increased its emissions since 2005 by 35.94%

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Royal College of Music, London uses 27.60kl water per head.

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0.0000% of Royal College of Music, London's water comes from grey or rain water sources.

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