{"id":70848,"date":"2020-11-04T11:02:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=70848"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:27","slug":"carletons-new-five-year-sustainability-plan-sets-ambitious-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carletons-new-five-year-sustainability-plan-sets-ambitious-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s New Five-Year Sustainability Plan Sets Ambitious Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton\u2019s New Five-Year Sustainability Plan Sets Ambitious Targets\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton University released a new five-year sustainability plan today, setting ambitious targets for emissions reduction, water consumption and waste on campus, while increasing sustainability research, teaching and community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Strive for Sustainability<\/em><\/a> goals are a key part of the university\u2019s Strategic Integrated Plan<\/a> released in late September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the world faces increasing environmental challenges, the university has a key role to play at the nexus for sustainability research, education, and leadership,\u201d said President Benoit-Antoine Bacon. \u201cIt is our responsibility to explicitly and strategically integrate sustainability into everything we do, and to lead the way towards impactful solutions locally and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carleton is among the most sustainable universities in the world. It has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 35 per cent and ranks as the second most sustainable university in Canada. In 2019, the university was honoured with the Emerging Excellence Award from Carbon 613, Ottawa\u2019s Sustainable Business Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur previous sustainability plan was very much facilities-based.\u201d said Philip Mansfield<\/a>,  sustainability program manager in Facilities Management and Planning<\/a>. \u201cIt was built around recycling, waste and energy. We wanted to make the new plan broader and more holistic, and we sought feedback from the community to do that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur community doesn\u2019t only want to know what we are doing to reduce energy consumption. They want to know the overall impact and how we are collaborating with the wider community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the plan\u2019s specific goals include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n