Rationale for Objective: Environmentally sustainable operations (Improve)

Evergreen is committed to improvement in this objective. Carbon neutrality has been embraced as a long-term strategic goal of the college, and thus, efforts are underway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The college has also committed to achieving zero waste, which requires reduced consumption overall as well as the use of more recyclable, compostable and renewable resources in order to divert waste from landfills. Efforts are underway within campus dining, the student café and conference services to use local and organic foods. New processes and metrics will be developed and tracked on an annual basis to make more transparent the percent of local and organic foods used in campus dining services.

Summary of Indicators for Core Theme 3, Objective 1 (PDF)

• Indicator 1: Carbon footprint
• Indicator 2: Landfill
• Indicator 3: Local/organic food sources

View key sources of data used to measure the indicators