Our people
Our community is essential to the success of our sustainability initiatives.
Our staff and students are the driving force behind our sustainability efforts across teaching, research, policy, and operations, and advancing the key goals of our Sustainability Plan. We are developing networks and mechanisms to enable our whole University community to feed into decision making and empower them to take action on sustainability.
To advance our sustainability goals, we have carefully developed a governance structure, including the Sustainability Steering Group, to embed sustainability and our Sustainability Plan into every aspect of University life.
University's Sustainability Steering Group
The University's Sustainability Steering Group provides strategic leadership for implementing and delivering our Sustainability Plan 2021–2030.
This group is a University Executive Board (UEB) subcommittee, represented by staff and students that is responsible for shaping the overarching vision for sustainability, recommending it to the UEB for approval by Council. As the central body for sustainability governance, it develops and oversees the Plan, ensuring alignment with the University's overall strategy and reporting to the UEB.
Chaired by Matthias Ruth, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, the group includes a diverse range of members from across the University community.
Environmental Sustainability at York
Environmental Sustainability at York (ESAY) is a University of York-based team that helps to connect the activities we are doing on environmental sustainability within teaching, research and campus operations to deliver new joined-up benefits and create impact within and beyond the University.
Through creating and leading collaborative activities, networking or providing resource support, ESAY aims to maximise our environmental sustainability impact with internal and external partners by working collectively rather than within individual parts of the University. The team is represented by individuals from teaching, research, policy and operations, along with a dedicated support team.
Do you have an idea that ESAY could help with? Email esay@york.ac.uk.
