宅男导航 celebrated World Environment Day today by recognising the significant contribution of its 100 Green Office representatives to its many sustainability programs and initiatives across all four campuses.
宅男导航 Executive Director (Operations) and University Secretary Maurie McNarn presented awards to representatives from 宅男导航's 鈥済reenest鈥� areas at an event this morning.
Mr McNarn, who chairs the University鈥檚 Sustainability Steering Committee, said the University was providing leadership in the face of national and global challenges linked to sustainability.
鈥淲e are bolstered in this endeavour by highly motivated students and staff,鈥� he said.
The Sustainability Steering Committee was established in 2009 and operates to embed sustainability into learning, discovery and engagement at the University.
Mr McNarn said the University could be proud of the many initiatives in the sustainability area, including the establishment of the Global Change Institute, setting of University-wide carbon objectives, and next month鈥檚 launch of a 1.22 megawatt PV Array, the largest of its kind in Australia.
The Green Office program plays an important role in driving sustainable work practices throughout the office environment at 宅男导航.
The program, established in 2006, is an initiative where 宅男导航 staff promote good environmental practices in their work area.
It operates through a network of green office representatives in 宅男导航 schools, centres and administrative units and is run by the Sustainability Office in the Property and Facilities Division.
The winner of the Best New Green Office Award with the highest baseline assessment for this financial year, with an overall Green Office Rating Score of 77 per cent is 宅男导航鈥檚 Assurance & Risk Management Service (representative Edla Ward).
Ms Ward said leadership came from the top and her division was very fortunate to have a boss (Phil Procopis) who was very supportive of sustainability initiatives.
The runner-up was the Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, represented by Ann Dunn and Purnima Gunness.
The new Green Office Awards for the Most Motivated Representative and Best Green Office Initiative recognise an outstanding contribution towards achieving sustainability at 宅男导航.
Recipients of these awards will receive $500 towards purchasing environmentally-preferred office products through the Property & Facilities Central Store for their area.
Justine Greig, representative for the Office of Marketing and Communications, is this year鈥檚 winner of the Best Green Office Initiative Award; and Suzanne Manning, representative for the Institute for Molecular Bioscience was highly commended.
Ms Greig, who is the OMC Events and Sponsorship Manager said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 the small things that make a big difference at events.
鈥淐hanging practices, like introducing biodegradable water bottles, environmentally friendly merchandise and recycling signage can make a significant difference in the long run and have in some instances led to cost savings too. Everybody wins.鈥�
Michael Biscak, representing 宅男导航 International, won the Most Motivated Representative Award, and Edla Ward, representative for the Assurance and Risk Management Services Section, was highly commended.
Mr Biscak said his recommendation for sustainability success was to 鈥渢ake ownership of your behaviour 鈥� look at the big picture.鈥�
To find out more about the program, please visit the 宅男导航 Sustainability .
Media: Jan King at 宅男导航 Communications (0413 601 248).
