Policies, strategies and reports

• Carbon Management Plan 2013-2020 (.pdf)

The Carbon Management Plan sets out the steps necessary for the university to achieve its target of reducing CO2 emissions by 43 percent by 2020 from a 2005 baseline. 

Approximately 60 percent of all the university’s scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions are from student accommodation (including external student accommodation).

• Energy Policy (.pdf)

The energy policy outlines the university’s commitment to minimising energy consumption in order to avoid unnecessary expenditure, protect the environment and prolong the useful life of fossil fuels.

• Student and Staff Engagement Plan (.pdf)

The Student and Staff Engagement Plan sets out the university’s stance on maximising sustainability engagement throughout each campus. This includes marketing strategies, education and events.

• Healthy and Sustainable Food Policy (.pdf)

The healthy and sustainable food policy outlines Essex Food’s commitment to sustainability. The scope of this policy does not extend to the SU Bar and the SU Kitchen, for which university does not have responsibility. When the university outsources catering contractors, they must adhere to the standards outlined within the healthy and sustainable food policy, as outlined in our tender specification documents.

•  Fairtrade Policy(.pdf)

The Fairtrade policy outlines the university’s commitment to providing and promoting Fairtrade certified products where possible. 

• Statement of Investment Principles (.pdf)

The Statement of Investment principles outlines the university's policy on ethical investments. This document gets reported on annually to the Finance Sub-Committee.

• Investment Sector Weights (.pdf)

The University of Essex Portfolio Overview lists all investments made over the recent financial year, as a percentage of the overall fund.

The gender pay policy outlines the University’s commitment to providing and promoting equal pay.

• Gender Pay Report 2020 (.pdf)

Our people supporting strategy describes the University’s action plan to establish, monitor and promote parity of pay, equality and diversity and health safety and wellbeing among other things surrounding our employees.

• People Supporting Strategy (.pdf)

• Sustainability Sub-Strategy (SSS) (.pdf)

The Sustainability Sub-Strategy is our overarching document for all sustainability-related issues. The document itself is a combination of policy and strategy. It begins by outlining our commitments to sustainability and ends with a set of SMART targets to aid us in fulfilling these commitments.

• Sustainability Sub-Strategy (SSS) Annual Report.2017- 2018 (.pdf)

• Sustainability Sub-Strategy (SSS) Annual Report 2018-2019 (.pdf)

The Sustainability Sub-Strategy is reported on annually to University Steering Group (USG) to update on progress made against our core objectives. 

We will be producing a new 2020-2025 Strategy in the coming year, which will be updated here.

• Colchester Campus Sustainable Transport (.pdf)
• Southend Campus Sustainable Transport (.pdf)

The Colchester and Southend travel plans outline the aims and objectives of the University to reduce single occupant vehicle trips and to increase the various forms of sustainable transport.

• Waste Management Policy (.pdf)

This document sets out the procedures relevant to our environmental commitments to waste management.

• Waste Audit Meeting Minutes (.pdf)

Minutes taken from meeting with UoE and Waste contractor Veolia (6 September 2018), covering discussion of waste mass statistics and waste auditing at the University.