Governance
The College adopts the Association of College’s Code of Good Governance recognising the need to promote sustainability requirements. This strategy is approved and monitored by the Board of Governors. The Board will receive an annual environmental sustainability report. Progress updates against the strategy are planned into the Board’s schedule of business as part of the College’s reporting on the balanced scorecard and through a climate update and support its environmental received twice a year. The strategy may be updated following its annual review. The strategy will be formally reviewed no later than 2026 following updates and progress reports in 2025. This will enable realistic milestones to be set for the following five years, covering a period between 2025 and 2030. The College will publish progress on its website. Through this strategy we aim to establish governance and accountability structures that drive sustainability throughout the College.
To achieve this, the College will ensure that sustainability is included in decision making and guarantee sustainability is considered across all levels of operation. It will also embed sustainability reporting into existing reporting systems, such as the Performance Review system. The College will establish a Sustainability Steering Group. The aim of the Sustainability Steering Group will be to bring together those within the College who will lead change and drive the strategy. The Group will be chaired by the Vice Principal Finance who is the Executive Lead for the Sustainability Strategy. The group will focus on delivering the Sustainability Strategy and the accompanying action plan. The Sustainability Steering Group will be made up of members of the College management team, the Sustainability Officer, staff and students. The work of the Steering Group may be supported by working groups focusing on specific elements of the strategy.
The work of the Sustainability Steering Group and its working groups will be reported to the Board of Governors through the climate update. An informal ‘Sustainability Voice’ will support the working groups and the delivery of the strategy, whilst also providing a forum for discussion on wider sustainability within the College. Membership will be open to staff and students with an interest in sustainability irrespective of their role within College. The group will meet once a term to discuss ideas for embedding sustainability throughout the College, progress toward actions and share success between the group. The Sustainability Voice will be chaired by the Sustainability Officer who will feed back to the Sustainability Steering Group.
AoC Code of Good Governance https://www.aoc.co.uk/ corporate-services/ governance/code
Barnsley College Sustainability Strategy
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