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The EcoCampus scheme provides a stepped approach to enhancing environmental performance in the HE sector. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø signed up to the scheme in 2009, achieving bronze status in 2010.

Since then, teams in estates and facilities, capital projects, finance, green champions and their volunteers across departments and divisions have been working towards putting in place management practices to reduce Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's environmental impact. Ìý

Building on the Bronze phase, which emphasised getting the governance right, the Silver phase focused on setting out Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's approach to identifying and managing environmental impacts through the publication of an Environmental Sustainability Policy.Ìý It also involved putting in place robust objectives and targets to manage these and ensuring that key individuals are skilled to deliver what is needed.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is now working towards Gold, which focuses more heavily on implementing good practices, delivering environmental training and improving environmental communication and awareness across the university.

The auditor noted in his comments that Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is doing a great job to 'join all the dots' across such a complex organisation. Ìý

Richard Jackson, Head of Environmental Sustainability, said "This takes us to the next level, its a great achievement and demonstrates that Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø takes its stewardship role in terms of environmental sustainability seriously".