Benefits to the Higher Education Sector

EcoCampus encourages, rewards and provides universities with the tools necessary to assist them in moving towards environmental sustainability and therefore good operational and risk management practices.

EcoCampus will:

• Provide strategic direction for institutions;
• Ensure risk management practices are implemented;
• Improve resource efficiency, such as a reduction in energy consumption and waste production through encouraging recycling and preventing pollution;
• Achieve financial savings such as reduced energy bills and landfill costs;
• Help to ensure compliance with environmental legislation therefore reducing risk of non-compliance;
• Actively involve staff and students in an institution’s move towards sustainability which will help to create a sense of community and ownership;
• Encourage student recruitment by providing evidence of responsible practice therefore enhancing the reputation of universities;
• Build upon extensive well established networks within and outside the HE sector, involving several thousand hours of development;
• Draw on, add-value, and make reference to existing good practice, guidance and support already in place, for example, work carried out by the EAUC and HEEPI;
• Facilitate certification to standards such as ISO14001 and EMAS;
• Demonstrate good corporate citizenship by improving institutional standing within the local community;