Tasked by the Board of Regents’ (BOR) executive policy, the president’s sustainability policy will outline what the university hopes to achieve regarding waste management, energy efficiency and renewable energy.
“It comes from the office of the president, but it’s broadly applicable as a university system, all 10 campuses…” Matthew Lynch, interim University of Hawai‘i system sustainability coordinator, said. “This is how we’re going to approach our waste management, our water stewardship, all of these different aspects about sustainability, our cultural engagement, our curriculum development; all of these different pieces are there.”
The president’s policy is part of the UH system’s sustainability strategy, following the statement in the Board of Regents’ executive policy passed in January 2014. The BOR statement tasked the office of the president to decide how the university will achieve its sustainability goals.
The policy is almost done and once complete it will be a living document with a mechanism for revisions and updates to reflect changing conditions, Lynch said.
Ka Leo was not able to obtain a copy of the drafted policy, as it will be discussed at this month’s BOR meeting for approval.
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