Sustainable Workplace Operations Program
Sustainable Workplace Operations Program (SWOP)’s mission is to educate community members about sustainability, inspire behavior change, and to encourage participants to make improvements for a healthier, more sustainable workplace and lifestyle. 参与者 complete the SWOP checklist and earn a badge commensurate with their efforts.
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Faculty and staff are invited to participate as a department or as an individual. If you are interested in becoming a SWOP participant and you are unable to attend 车间, please fill out this program form, and our Sustainable Workplace Manager will connect with you.
Registration for the Spring 2023 SWOP Lunch & 工作坊开放. 下面的细节.
Sign up here for the workshop.If YOU ARE NOT ABLE to attend 车间, but would still like to participate in
这个项目,
use the program form link above to sign up.
Our program was based on the 可持续性 Tracking And Rating System (STARS), a program by the Association for the 进步 of 可持续性 in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS is a rating system for institutional sustainability at colleges and universities around the world. 火博体育校区获得了 2017年的白银评级.
对SWOP感到好奇? Follow student program managers Luna and Maggie through a quick demo in and around the 可持续性 办公室! We’ll highlight some points on the evaluation form and give you a brief introduction to the program.
How can I participate in this program?
We want to make SWOP work for you! We are happy to work with you as an individual, department, office, or even building. Our only restriction is that we ask at least ⅓ of a department is actively involved with the SWOP checklist to receive a departmental 排名.
What if some of the points do not apply to me?
We understand that every office is different, and we have designed our scoresheet 考虑到这一点! Any category that does not apply to you can be filled in as “NA” and your score will be adjusted proportionately.
This feels too hard… Is this worth doing?
SWOP has been designed to challenge participants. Even the 可持续性 办公室 is
a few points short of platinum.
How long does a SWOP certification last?
可持续性是动态的! Participation occurs on a semester-by-semester basis. We
encourage you to participate annually or each semester as your office and our checklist
发展. Updates to the checklist are made semi-annually, and 排名 stickers are
按学年标记.
How does SWOP work within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Our checklist is entirely adaptable to the adjustments the college has made for our 健康与安全. Our “N/A” system for point adjustment helps us better contextualize participant efforts in the face of the current global health emergency.
I don’t have agency over purchasing in my department. Does this negatively impact 我的分数?
Our purchasing evaluation works on a more office-wide scale than other categories. We can also implement the N/A system to adjust for certain circumstances. 此外, we are happy to work with you, your colleagues, facilities, and purchasing to help make sustainable changes in your workplace!
