All departments encouraged to take part in Green Impact

Green Impact, UCL's annual sustainability programme is now live for the 2015-16 period, and all departments and divisions are encouraged to take part. 

Green Impact is a programme to improve UCL's environmental impact, save money and ensure legal compliance at a departmental and divisional level. And participation in this is an essential part of UCL's Sustainability Strategy.

Break big changes into simple steps

Green Impact helps to break down environmental improvements into simple, bite-size actions. These are set out in an online workbook that makes this easy, participatory and fun. And UCL's Sustainability Team is on hand to provide help, every step of the way. 

Build on your successes

Last year, 47 teams took part in the programme, from engineering and medicine, to the careers service and libraries. Find you more about last year's winners here.

Engage students

Students are a vital part of Green Impact. When it comes to auditing departments at the end of the year, the Sustainability Team recruits students and provides them with IEMA-recognised training to help them do this. 

Find out more and get involved

This year, Green Impact will run from October 2015 until May 2016. You can find out about the programme here, or just contact the Sustainability Team. If you'd like to get started, you can register your team’s Green Impact workbook at: www.greenimpact.org.uk/ucl.

Green Impact - key dates

• Green Impact opens: Thurs 1st October '15
• Green Impact closes: Tues 17th May '16
• Teams audited: Wed 25th and Thurs 26th May '16
• Award Ceremony: June '16 (date tbc)