Green Impact
Green Impact empowers UCL departments to improve their sustainability impact, to support 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Sustainability Strategy.
- How to get involved?
- Check if your area of work already has aÌýFaculty Lead Green ChampionÌýyou can connect with.
- If you don't have a Champion, contact your Sustainability Business Partner.Ìý
- Register with an existing team, or create a new one on the .
- Stay up to date by signing up to theÌý.
- Join theÌýÌýfor tips.Ìý
- Work through our interactive online toolkit to make positive changes within your department or office.Ìý
- Gather evidence of your positive actions and submit it to the Green Impact team.Ìý
- Earn points and work your way up the levels (Bronze, Silver and then Gold)
- Student volunteersÌýaudit teams in May to check that the workbooks have been completedÌý
- All accreditations are acknowledged at the annual Sustainability Awards Ceremony.
- Training and Guidance
Training
Take the Change possible: Sustainable UCLÌýcourse on UCL's mandatory training page.
GuidanceÌý
- TheÌýÌýandÌýÌýare key sources of information throughout the year.
- Faculty Lead Green Champions supportÌýmembers of staff in their faculty to completeÌýGreen Impact. They should be your first point of contact forÌýquestions relating to the programme.ÌýFind your Faculty Lead Green Champion.
- For those who do not yet have a Faculty Lead Green Champion, you should contact your Sustainability Business Partner. Your Business Partner is someone from the Sustainable UCL Team who has been assigned to your faculty or business area, and can act as a point of contact for any questions you have relating to Green Impact.
- Get help from Student Sustainability Ambassadors
Students are trained as Sustainability AmbassadorsÌýto help teams complete the toolkit.ÌýThey can undertake a research project, organise events, and help you work through the criteria.
Apply to workÌýwith a Sustainability Ambassador by the 14thÌýOctober 2024
If you miss the deadline for applying for a Sustainability Ambassador, you are very welcome to recruit and work with students from your department on a more informal basis and manage this yourself.
- Key DatesÌý
- The toolkit is reviewed every summer and launched in September.
- Deadline for staff to apply for a Student Sustainability Ambassador: 14thÌýOctober 2024.
- Deadline for students to : 13thÌýOctober 2024.
- Staff and students are notified of their pairing by 21st October 2024.
- First meetings between staff and students to be arranged between them within Term 1.
- Green Impact Submission deadline: 12thÌýMay 2025.
- Green ImpactÌýAudits: 27th-29th May 2025.
- Awards Ceremony:ÌýJuly 2025. SeeÌý2024 Sustainability Award winners.
- Toolkit GuidanceÌý
- Access the workbookÌýon the , whichÌýcontains all essential information about completing the criteria, including links to relevant resources and key contacts.Ìý
Faculty Workbook to complete Library, Culture, Collections and Open Spaces (LCCOS) LCCOS area only. Central LCCOS Services Central LCCOS ServicesÌýarea.
Office space staff Office area only. Residences Residences specific area. Central Residence Team Central ResidenceÌýTeam area. Lab staff Please refer to ourÌýLEAF pages.