Sustainable Imperial logoIn November 2019, Professor Paul Lickiss, the College’s first Academic Leader in Sustainability was appointed with a remit to develop a Sustainability Strategy for the College.

Our Sustainability Strategy 2021 - 2026 was launched in early 2021, guided by our Sustainability Strategy Advisory Group and the College-wide Consultation.

We are constantly evolving our Strategy, and expect to add further activities, science-based targets and measures as our work as an institution gathers further momentum in this area. Please get in touch if you have any comments or suggestions, or would like to contribute to the work, on sustainable@imperial.ac.uk.

Sustainability Strategy Advisory Group

In 2020, our Sustainability Strategy Advisory Group met to discuss key matters relating to environmental sustainability, considering progress that has already been made in this area, best practice across the wider sector, and College-level challenges and opportunities.

Sustainability Strategy Advisory Group

Purpose

  • To advise on and discuss key matters relating to environmental sustainability at the College, in light of progress that has already been made in this area, best practice across the wider sector, and College-level challenges.
  • To determine the principal areas where the College can focus its efforts to make all aspects of its activities as sustainable as possible.
  • To consider how best to incorporate the College’s commitment to improving sustainability into a Sustainability Strategy and to provide oversight of the content of the Strategy for publication in the third quarter of 2020.

Membership

The Sustainability Strategy Advisory group included members who can provide input from across the College, including in teaching, research, infrastructure, campus services and the Student Union.

Membership:

  • Professor Paul Lickiss (Chair), Academic Leader in Sustainability
  • Mr Andy Hammond, Head of Engineering, Energy and Environment (Estates Operations)
  • Mr Kamil Khoury, Head of Catering Operations
  • Ms Fifi Henry, Deputy President (Finance and Services), Imperial College Union
  • Ms Allison Hunter, Technical Operations Manager (Life Sciences)
  • Dr Neil Jennings, Greening Imperial Representative
  • Professor Maurizio Zollo, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability (Business School)
  • Dr Wouter Buytaert, Reader in Hydrology and Water Resources (Faculty of Engineering)
  • Dr Emma Sharp, Project Manager (Faculty of Natural Sciences)
  • Professor Sian Harding, Head of the Faculty of Medicine Campus Development and Management Group (Faculty of Medicine)
  • Ms Bridget McNulty, Management Trainee (Secretary)

Meetings

Group meetings were held on a monthly basis beginning in March 2020 until after the launch of the Sustainability Strategy in December 2020.

Sustainability Strategy Consultation

Both internal and external stakeholders were interviewed to inform the scope of the strategy and feedback from a College-wide survey in summer 2020 fed into its development. We received over 1,000 responses from staff and students to hear from you on what matters most to you in this area and how we can achieve our goals.

Thank you to all those who took the time to tell us their views on how we can make a positive difference as a College and how we can improve the sustainability of our campuses. Your feedback was very important to our Strategy development.