A CSR or ethics charter is a document giving formal standing to the school commitments towards sustainable development (environmental, social and economical issues).
A CSR strategy defines the school's objectives towards sustainable development along with priorties and action plans to reach them.
A CSR strategy and/or a CSR ethics charter involves every stakeholder and is to be widely diffused, accessible and understandable.
(Environmental, social and economical issues)
A contact person all stakeholders know.
By offering a better understanding of the CSR stakes and opportunities, the training is a way of raising awareness and promoting coordinated actions of the staff.
A responsible purchasing policy defines the social, environmental and ethical criteria to be taken into account in the purchasing process of products or services.
Inventorying the school's Greenhouse gas emissions is a key diagnosis phase in the definition of a relevant environmental policy based on results. These will give the guidelines of priorities to set up objectives and action plans dedicated to the fight against global warming. There are organisations specialised in making a GHG inventory. More and more countries are and will be requiring a GHG inventory to be made by companies in order to compile with the evolution of legislation. Major environemental gains and financial savings can result from the measurement and reduction of the school's greenhouse gas emissions.
An organization should implement energy efficiency programmes to reduce the energy demand for buildings, transportation, production processes, appliances and electronic equipment, the provision of services or other purposes.
Efficiency improvements in energy use should also complement efforts to advance sustainable use of renewable resources such as solar energy, hydroelectricity, tidal and wave energy, wind power and biomass.
An organization should conserve and reuse water in its own operations and stimulate water conservation within its sphere of influence. Water, including the provision of safe, reliable drinking water and sanitation services, is a fundamental human need and a basic human right.
An organization’s activities, products and services may lead to the generation of liquid or solid waste that, if improperly managed, can cause contamination of air, water land and soils. Responsible waste management seeks avoidance of waste. It follows the waste reduction hierarchy, that is: source reduction, reuse, recycle and reprocess, waste treatment and waste disposal.
The impact of travel and transportation on the environment are a crucial issue every organization should deal with. This includes business trips as well as staff journeys to and from work. It also has to do with the journey of your students between their accommodation and the school. NB: the key issue concerning the footprint of a student's journey from his country of origin to the study destination is not addressed in this questionnaire for schools. It is an issue that is part of the Agency's own CSR strategy and action plan.
All students need concrete materials as a record of their dedication and investments. However, it is a challenge to prioritise certified and recycled eco designed materials and to aim to reduce the use of these materials.
A CSR strategy involves all stakeholders, including persons with disabilities (students and staff).
The environmental and social impacts of the school partners' activities are of the school's indirect duty. By raising the partners' awareness of environmental issues, the school demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of environmenal issues related to its activity, as well as a strong will to limitate them.
The use of public transportation is an efficient way to decrease the environmental footprint of the school's activities.
Selecting accommodation taking into consideration, for example : distance to minimize transportation, energy efficient or green building, involvement into local community, offering something unique to your guest, environmental friendly food etc that you are able to identify from your accommodation providers network.
An organization should implement energy efficiency programs to reduce the energy demand for buildings, transportation, production processes, appliances and electronic equipment, the provision of services or other purposes.
Efficiency improvements in energy use should also complement efforts to advance sustainable use of renewable resources such as solar energy, hydroelectricity, tidal and wave energy, wind power and biomass.
An organization should conserve and reuse water in its own operations and stimulate water conservation within its sphere of influence. Water, including the provision of safe, reliable drinking water and sanitation services, is a fundamental human need and a basic human right.
An organization’s activities, products and services may lead to the generation of liquid or solid waste that, if improperly managed, can cause contamination of air, water land and soils. Responsible waste management seeks avoidance of waste. It follows the waste reduction hierarchy, that is: source reduction, reuse, recycle and reprocess, waste treatment and waste disposal.
The impact of travel and transportation on the environment are a crucial issue every organization should deal with. This includes business trips as well as staff journeys to and from work. It also has to do with the journey of your students between their accommodation and the school. NB: the key issue concerning the footprint of a student's journey from his country of origin to the study destination is not addressed in this questionnaire for schools. It is an issue that is part of the Agency's own CSR strategy and action plan.
Major environemental gains and financial savings can result from the measurement and reduction of the school's accommodation greenhouse gas emissions.
A CSR strategy involves all stakeholders, including persons with disabilities (students and staff).
Including environemental content in the academic program contributes in raisin the students' awareness and concern toward sustainable development.
Including CSR content in the academic program contributes in raising the students' awareness and concern toward sustainable development.
Offering dedicated environemental content in the academic program contributes in raising the students' awareness and concern toward sustainable development.
Offering dedicated content on CSR topics in the academic program contributes in raising the students' awareness and concern toward sustainable development.
By personaly experiencing other cultures, students will raise their awareness of both environmental, social and economical issues at a global scale.
Environment friendly placement opportunities contribute to a raise in students' awareness, understanding and involvement towards sustainable development.
Placement opportunities in a CSR team contribute to a raise in students' awareness, understanding and involvement towards sustainable development.
By participating to local social projects, both teachers and students will contribute to develop a socially responsible behaviour toward local communities.
Involving staff and students together in environmental projects raises awareness and concern about sustainable development issues and improves the teacher-student relationship.
Involving staff and students together in social projects raises awareness and concern about sustainable development issues and improves the teacher-student relationship.
Sponsoring events highlighting local environmental issues demonstrate the school's understanding of the local environmental issues and it's involvment towards sustainable development.
Events highlighting local social issues demonstrate the school's understanding of the local social issues and it's involvment towards sustainable development.
Students's involvement towards international solidarity illustrates their awareness of global environmental, social and economical issues and their will to tackle them down.
School involvement towards international solidarity via sponsorship illustrates its awareness of global environmental, social and economical issues and its will to tackle them down.