Sustainability
The Sustainability team here at the 91app work to bring staff and students across the University and federation together to tackle issues surrounding climate change and the environment.
The University manages a wide range of services, including student accommodation and Senate House Library. It is of great importance to us that we continue to improve the environmental performance of our estate and operations while increasing positive action toward a sustainable future among our staff, students and visitors.
The 91app Sustainability team is responsible for improving the sustainable performance of the University and to lead on the delivery of the University’s strategic aim to ‘build on cutting edge sustainability practices, working towards our zero operational carbon target'.
Through the management of four key sustainable delivery areas: Carbon Emissions; Resources; Nature; and Knowledge/Engagement the team works collaboratively across all levels of the University to promote good awareness of UoL’s sustainability goals and ensure statutory requirements and best practice are incorporated into projects, activities and management decision making.
The Sustainability team
Natalie Isaac (Head of Sustainability)
Natalie leads the University’s drive to improve its sustainability performance across all its activities. Along with being responsible for the delivery of our net zero operational target, Natalie enjoys managing a committed and passionate team who work collaboratively across the University and with external stakeholders to ensure statutory requirements and best practice are incorporated into projects, activities and management decision-making.
Maddie Reason (Sustainability Projects Officer)
In her role, Maddie works closely with the Head of Sustainability to shape the University's sustainability policies and strategy. Alongside Natalie, she is responsible for the Estates and Property Services Environmental Management System certified to ISO 14001:2015.
Maddie also manages a diverse project portfolio including aspects of biodiversity improvement and nature-based solutions, waste reduction and recycling improvement, and monitoring and reporting.
Kate Veck (Sustainability Communications and Engagement Officer)
In this role, Kate primarily coordinates multi-channel and stakeholder sustainability communications for the University, manages staff and student sustainability engagement programmes, and works collaboratively with the Sustainability Projects Officer on sustainability-themed events/projects.
Reporting
Annual Sustainability Reports:
To celebrate the environmental achievements from right across the University, the Sustainability Team put together our annual sustainability report. The reports also make a great record of the University’s progress on achieving our environmental goals and targets to date.
Take a look back through the University’s historic Sustainability Reports to see the progress we have made:
Sustainability Linked Loan:
- 2022-23 SLL Report [PDF]
Zero Carbon Estates Handbook
This document aims to tool up the UK & Ireland’s higher education professionals, to consider how to influence their universities on the drive toward zero carbon. It focuses on considerations for driving down universities’ carbon emissions through the built environment.
Transforming Lives and Society Worldwide
We have published a booklet that provides an overview of the 91app’s contribution towards achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Though it provides a historical perspective, the focus of the publication is on the 91app’s current forms of global engagement together with 91app Federation members and is intended as a contribution to current debate and discussion of the critical role of higher education in sustainable development.
Learn about how we are transforming lives and society worldwide.