Sustainability survey results for 2020 The third bi-annual sustainability survey of staff and students was conducted in March with a significant uplift in staff participation (735 this year versus 2018 – 575 and 2016 – 513) and students on par with previous years (1858 this year versus 2018 – 1,945 and 2016 – 1,752). While the results for each survey are still being analysed and will be shared in full reports available from the UTAS Sustainability webpage, some initial findings include: • UTAS Staff Results Comparison 2018 and 2020
Facilities Processes Rewards & Recognition Job responsibiliti es Innovation Activities to embed sustai nability Sustainab ility Leadership Strategi c commitment Job Wellbeing Perceived support Sustainab ility knowledge Perceived cont rol Responsi bility for sustainability Beliefs about sustainab ility
For staff, all the key indicators have improved since 2018, with noted improvements in perceived institutional support, sustainability leadership, strategic commitment and activities to embed sustainability and communication. While still showing improvement, the five lowest scoring organisational enablers relate to provision of facilities and processes to support sustainable behaviours and reward & recognition for staff efforts to reduce environmental impacts and adopt sustainable practices. Overall, the rating of UTAS’s effort regarding sustainability has increased to 5.92 out of 10, up from 5.47 in 2018 easily exceeding the mean for other universities, while still below that for other organisations.
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Other Universiti es Other Organisations of participants agreed or strongly agreed that the University should publicly acknowledge the climate emergency and commit to initiatives in response.
Having green space close by continued to be more important to staff (5.61 on 6 scale) compared to being socially connected to others (4.88 on 6 scale).
*statistically significant increase (p<.01) since 2018 supported University divestment from all fossil-fuel companies across all investment portfolios in line with that done for direct investments in December 2018.
For job wellbeing, there were improvements in feeling valued as an employee, being part of some social group at work and getting satisfaction from their job.
of participants agreed or strongly agreed that the University should work towards elimination of fossil fuel-based and/or single-use plastics on campus.
of participants agreed or strongly agreed that the University should maintain its certified carbon neutral status.
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Sustainability Bulletin • Issue 13 April 2020
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