{"id":1486,"date":"2020-10-28T15:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2024-09-24T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:39:13","slug":"carleton-officially-launches-sustainability-plan-on-nov-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/2020\/carleton-officially-launches-sustainability-plan-on-nov-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Officially Launches Sustainability Plan on Nov. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Officially Launches Sustainability Plan on Nov. 4\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>October 28, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To all Members of the Carleton Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am pleased to announce the official launch of Carleton\u2019s new Sustainability Plan:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainability\/sustainability-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Strive for Sustainability<\/a>. We will be marking the occasion with an online community event&nbsp;on Nov. 4 at 11 a.m.&nbsp;and we hope that you can join us.&nbsp;You can register&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lists.carleton.ca\/t\/384504\/5617\/10322\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new plan builds on Carleton\u2019s history of sustainability and considerable strengths in this field. To date, Carleton has reduced its carbon emissions by 35 per cent and has received zero waste certifications related to dining services. Over recent years, Carleton has developed a number of new&nbsp;sustainability-focused undergraduate and graduate programs, and has established the Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research and the Human Building Interaction Lab. These accomplishments have made Carleton a leader in environmental and sustainability action,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/campus-sustainability-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">ranked second in Canada by UI Greenmetrics World University Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainability\/sustainability-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Strive for Sustainability<\/a>&nbsp;aligns with Carleton\u2019s new and exciting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Strategic Integrated Plan (SIP)<\/a>, which was launched earlier this fall. With support from across our community, we can realize a more sustainable future both on and off campus, with Carleton leading the way. We encourage you to review the plan and consider how your work and actions can make a difference to our community to ensure that we collectively&nbsp;<i>Strive for Sustainability<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a wonderful day,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benoit-Antoine Bacon<br>\nPresident and Vice-Chancellor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 28, 2020 To all Members of the Carleton Community, I am pleased to announce the official launch of Carleton\u2019s new Sustainability Plan:&nbsp;Strive for Sustainability. We will be marking the occasion with an online community event&nbsp;on Nov. 4 at 11 a.m.&nbsp;and we hope that you can join us.&nbsp;You can register&nbsp;here. 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