Environmental Sustainability Review
The self-evaluation form to complete your school's environmental sustainability review.
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We are ambitious that all IH schools will take positive actions to safeguard our planet, and minimise the negative impacts we have on our environment. In February 2020 IHWO added environmental sustainability to its corporate strategy map: "Promote sustainability with best practice, resources & awareness raising".
It’s time for the whole IH network to show our students, our teachers, and the industry, that we are leading the way and making a real difference for the future.
We may each only take small steps at first, but combined together this can have a big impact. If together 5000 members of staff and 200,000 students change just one thing – think what we can achieve!
Any school can do more of these six positive actions to have a beneficial impact on the planet, and change some of the six negative impacts they have on the environment. Follow our blog and social media for ideas which any school can implement - wherever they are in the world.
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Minimising the negative impact we have on the environment. |
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Simply put, do more of the positive and do less of the negative.
Research shows that although saving our planet may seem an impossibly large task, even small steps toward making sustainable behaviour the default, and embracing a cycle of continuous improvement will have positive benefits.
We encourage all IH schools to complete the IH Environmental Sustainability Review. This will encourage improvements around the many things which schools already do, and will provide examples and evidence that we can share with other IH schools, our clients and staff and the wider industry.
The review is based on the 12 criteria above. If schools demonstrate positive actions in at least eight criteria - they'll be awarded this badge which can be used on all the schools' communications.
The review will be time dated. Ideally, schools will complete the every 2 years, to demonstrate further action and a commitment to continuous improvement.
We know that some IH schools have embraced environmental actions for a long time, and have been doing more and more in recent years as awareness in the industry and with our students has been increasing. We want to give all schools the opportunity to reflect this in their audit. So, against every criteria you will be asked to describe whether you are at one of these four stages:
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