Green UiO presentation at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) conference in Copenhagen November 2012.

1. If you can not measure it
You can not manage it!
A Systemic approcah for measuring environmental
sustainability in Higher Education Institutions
Maryam Faghihimani
Sustainability Adviser
University of Oslo
Sustainability Assessment in the 21st Century - tools, trends and applications
26-28 Nov 2012

2. Main Questions:
what is a Sustainable University?
How to measure it?
How Sustainable is UiO in compare with
others?
How sustainable are other universities?
What can UiO learn from other universities?
How to implement sustainability in practice?

3. Phase 1: Diagnosis
•Defining sustainability
•Designing model of sustainable university
•Operationalizing the theoretical framework
•Developing table of indicators
• Context analysing universities’ performance
•Comparing their sustainability performance

4. Phase 2: Implementation
• Recommending a set of Best Green Practice
• Observing the process of implementation
• Re-evaluating the performance after one year
• •Analysing the progress and its outcomes
• Including the finding in the action plan

5. Dimentions of Educational Institutions

6. Governance Curriculum & Research Operation Other related activities
and Study
Administration opportunity
Staff position / Undergraduate study Research Centre / Energy Conferences
Sustainability office in Environmental T Institute
Sustainability
Policies / Postgraduate study in Internal Grant Carbon emission Students group
Principles/ Strategy Environmental Opportunity
Sustainability
Institutional Doctoral studies in External Funding Waste Recycling Events (except conferences)
declaration/ Environmental
Resolutions Sustainability
Strategic approach/ Environmental Research Building Community Projects
Action plan Sustainability Collaboration with
Education Industry &
Corporate
Internal Awards Multidisciplinary Journal Purchasing University- Community Partnership
Sustainability
Education
Annual Service Learning Communication Water Website of Sustainability
Sustainability within Research centre/activities
Reports Centres
Students levy Student Research Other research Food & Dining Media/ News from Sustainability of
Activities University
Audits Climate Change Climate Change Paper External Awards and Recognition
Housing Campus tour & Flyers
Sustainability Raising Awareness/ Culture Change

7. Sample Universities
• Harvard University • Australian National University (THE
• Cambridge University Ranking: 17)
• University of Tokyo (THE 22)
• Yale University
• Bristol University (THE 34)
• UCL (University College London) • University of Copenhagen (THE
• Imperial College London Ranking: 51)
• Oxford University • British Colombia University (THE 40 )
• Chicago University • Gothenburg University (THE 185)
• Princeton University • Bradford University (N/A)
• MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of • University of Bergen (UiB) (THE
Ranking: 144)
Technology)
• Norwegian University of Science and
• CALTECH (California Institute of Technology (NTNU) (N/A)
Technology) • Norwegian University of Life Science
(UMB) (N/A)
UiO THE Ranking 101 in 2009

8. Universities’ performance according to the 50 Indicators of
Environmental Sustainability
60
50 48 48 48 47 47 47 46 46 46 45 45
43 43 42 41
40 37
32
30
30
26
20
20 18
10
0

9. UiO Performance to ES in 2010-2012
50
45
35
40 33
35
30
20
25
20
15
10
5
0
UiO Commitment to ES Status 2010 Predicted status for UiO Current Status of UiO Commitment
Commitment to ES based on short to ES, June 2012
term planning for 2011

10. Progress in implementation of ES in different
dimensions at UiO 2010-2012
Sustainability in
Governance/8
12
10
8
6
Sustainability in related Sustainability in
4
activities/11 Curriculum/8
2010 Status
2
Suggested plan for 2011
0
Curent status June 2012
Sustainability in Sustainability in
Operation/16 Research/7
UiO ES status in 2012: Governance: 5 out of 8, Curriculum: 4 Out of 8, Research:
5 Out of 7, Operation: 12 out of 16, Other activities: 10 out of 11

11. Is that correct that :
If you can not measure it ,
you can not manage it?
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