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Service Level Agreement keeps bills on track for Cambridge Colleges

14 February 2022

The Energy Team are responsible for ensuring the best value for the University’s energy and water use. Part of this is making sure that we are billed accurately, so we check all invoices before they are paid. We have built up a valuable skill set in the team, being able to receive bills electronically, undertake a...

Meet our new Sustainability Communications and Engagement Coordinator

7 February 2022

What does your position involve?   My position is aimed at delivering communications and engagement initiatives to raise awareness and promote pro-environmental behaviour to staff and students. This involves working with the Environment and Energy Coordinators, the Green Impact teams and editing the monthly Greenlines...

Sustainability Strategy Assistant

4 February 2022

Cambridge Zero and the Sustainability Team are looking to recruit a Sustainability Strategy Assistant to support the planning and delivery of a consultation on perspectives towards sustainability across the University which will inform the University’s next Sustainability Strategy. The temporary assignment, initially...

January Transport Updates

27 January 2022

Voi Expansion The University has extended our partnership with Voi, one of the government selected companies running electric scooter and bike hire schemes across the UK. In addition to the existing Voi locations on the estate, there will now be vehicles available at New Museum’s Site as well as Downing Place and Downing...

What are our top 10 single-use items and how can we reduce them?

Let’s ‘Single Out’ our top 10 single use items!

26 January 2022

Last year the University of Cambridge’s Sustainability Team launched our Single Out campaign , which sought to find out the top single-use items produced by the University. Since the launch of our campaign, this issue has only grown in importance, with the UK government even announcing a recent consultation on banning the...

Reducing waste in Caius

25 January 2022

Waste is a major problem in the UK but solutions may seem uninspiring. I am here to show how it can be made fun. Defra has found that in 2020/1 the recycling rate of English households dropped to its lowest level since 2011/12, at 43.8% of all household waste. The University of Cambridge’s aim is to achieve a 95% recycling...

The Greening of Caius in Michaelmas 2021

25 January 2022

With the recent Climate League of Cambridge and Oxford placing Gonville and Caius College 26th out of 31 Cambridge colleges, it might seem that there is a lot to be despondent about. Check the news and, with constant regularity, scientists and politicians discuss climatic points of no return. It is, therefore, difficult to...

Meet the two new members of our team!

24 January 2022

This month we are welcoming two new members of our team, Kat and Fiona. Read the interviews below to get to know them better. Katarina McCartney, Carbon Manager What does your position involve?   My focus is on reducing our scope 3 carbon emissions. I will be working with the team and stakeholders to consider the most...

Five tips for saving resources and cutting waste with WarpIt

25 November 2021

The University’s WarpIt portal has been the hub for re-use of items within the University since 2014, helping save £340,000 in that time! Usage of the portal has been steadily increasing over time, and re-use activity is quickly picking up post-lockdown, so to support you in making easy resource savings for you and your...

(Re!)-introducing Amanda Nolan, Transport Manager

24 November 2021

Long-time readers of Greenlines will know we like to profile new members of the Sustainability Team. However recently we welcomed Amanda Nolan back from maternity leave, and thought it would be a good opportunity to reintroduce her to our community! When did you join the Sustainability Team? January 2015 What is your (...