Staff Sustainability Champions Network

The Staff Sustainability Champions Network is a volunteer-led community of staff (and postgraduate students) who are passionate about pursuing and supporting sustainability initiatives, ideas and opportunities to learn.

The Network hosts regular meetings sharing sustainable best practice, invites sustainability experts to deep dive into challenging topics, connects Champions with the Sustainability Hub (Imperial’s central sustainability team), and has the occasional social, too!

Champions have also put together wonderful projects and initiatives, such as Sustainable Welcome Boxes for incoming students, organised public sustainability-themed seminars, or a designed a sticker campaign to raise awareness for air conditioning energy efficiency. The Sustainability Hub supports Champions in taking initiative to coordinate events or projects that provides sustainability benefits to Imperial’s campuses or community.

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Join the network

All Imperial staff and PG students are welcome to join and can do so by filling out this registration form

Campus-based groups

The network has three campus-based groups at Silwood Park, South Kensington and White City - Hammersmith. When you join the network, you will be invited to join one of the campus groups so you can connect with other local staff, however, most meetings and events are open to all Champions.

Upcoming events and meetings

South Kensington & White City-Hammersmith

Details

*All meetings are hybrid

In-person location

Expected Theme/Focus

Wednesday 15th April / 14:00 – 15:00pm

South Kensington

Sharing best practice: sustainability initiatives and Green Impact

Wednesday 13th May / 14:00 – 15:00pm

 

White City

 

Wednesday 10th June / 14:00 – 15:00pm

South Kensington

Planning and delivering events and meetings with sustainability in mind

Wednesday 8th July / 14:00 – 15:00pm

White City

 

July – TBC

Silwood Park, in person only

Outdoor activities with Silwood Park Champions

Wednesday 12th August / 14:00 – 15:00pm

South Kensington

ICT

Wednesday 9th Sept / 14:00 – 15:00pm

White City

 

Wednesday 14th October

14:00 – 15:00pm

South Kensington

Student engagement

Wednesday 11th November

White City

 

Wednesday 9th December

11.00 - 12.00pm (earlier to allow for office parties in afternoon!)

South Kensington

Celebrating a green festive season

Silwood Park

Silwood Park Champion’s meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month. To join a meeting or learn more about the Silwood Park Champions Network, please reach out to one of the chairs listed below.

 

The Staff Sustainability Champions Network is made possible thanks to our wonderful volunteer Chairs who run each of the campus groups:

Silwood Park

South Kensington

  • Bethyn Yates, International Relations Officer (Global Mobility)
  • Oluwatobi Balogun, Engagement and Events Manager
  • Daisy Gibson, Administrative Coordinator

White City & Hammersmith

  • Joel Abrahams, Biological Research Officer
  • Valentina Lotti, Section Manager
  • Eleanor Izzard, Research Regulatory Facilitator