Does School of Oriental And African Studies have a publicly available environmental policy? Yes: Links provided: www.bloomsbury.ac.uk/greenthing/EnvironmentalPolicy www.soas.ac.uk/admin/governance/policies/file74939.pdf

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Is it reported on annually at a senior level? No

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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: No
• Sustainable procurement: Yes
• Waste: Yes
• Water: Yes

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School of Oriental And African Studies 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: No
• Emissions and discharges: No
• Energy: No
• Sustainable procurement: No
• Transport: Yes
• Waste: No
• Water: No

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Does School of Oriental And African Studies operate an externally audited Environmental Management System (e.g. ISO14001, EMAS, Ecocampus, Green Dragon, IEMA Acorn Scheme [BS8885])?

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Does School of Oriental And African Studies have a publicly available ethical investment policy? No

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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? No

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Has School of Oriental And African Studies, 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 School of Oriental And African Studies have a publicly available Carbon Management Plan which meets the Carbon Trust and Capital Investment Framework requirements? www.soas.ac.uk/admin/governance/policies/file50932.pdf

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How ambitious is School of Oriental And African Studies’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 School of Oriental And African Studies’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 School of Oriental And African Studies an accredited Fairtrade University with the Fairtrade Foundation. No

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Does School of Oriental And African Studies 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 School of Oriental And African Studies 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 School of Oriental And African Studies have a publicly available Sustainable Food policy which sets specific timebound targets for improvements?

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

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School of Oriental And African Studies is implementing the following sustainable food practices or is working towards Soil Association Food for Life catering mark:

• only purchasing/using free-range eggs No

• only purchasing/using sustainable fish No

• Menus change with the availability of seasonal produce No

• 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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School of Oriental And African Studies purchases 0.00% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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School of Oriental And African Studies generates 4163162 kWh of its energy by Combined Heat and Power (CHP).

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School of Oriental And African Studies generates 0.00% energy on-site from Low or Zero-Carbon energy sources.

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School of Oriental And African Studies recycles 34.04% of its total waste.

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School of Oriental And African Studies produces 98.49 kg of waste per head

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School of Oriental And African Studies's average carbon emissions per head is 416.90kg CO₂eq

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School of Oriental And African Studies has decreased its emissions since 2005 by 26.84%

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School of Oriental And African Studies uses 6.06kl water per head.

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0.0000% of School of Oriental And African Studies's water comes from grey or rain water sources.

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