Green Impact Awards 2021-22
The key word for the tenth year of Green Impact at the University of Cambridge was resilience. The challenges posed by COVID-19 were still present, even when they were less obvious. The strange hybrid nature of working was also felt, with some teams fully back in their work place and others still working from home.
Despite the increased challenge, we are hugely proud to announce that 42 teams have achieved 43 unique awards. Our teams completed over 2100 actions and earned over 10,000 points. In our college awards, no team achieved a level lower than Gold, with 8 attaining Platinum status.
Without our student auditors we would not have been able to award a single award, let alone 43. We'd like to thank our 51 auditors from 28 different colleges that gave up their time to help us validate the efforts of our teams. It was great to see the spread across the collegiate University. Hopefully we can get to 31 next year!
A copy of the 2022 award presentation is available on request.
The full awards ceremony can be viewed on our Youtube channel.
Read our Green Impact Report 2021-2022
Departmental awards
| ADC Theatre | Bronze |
| Cambridge Spain | Bronze |
| Careers Service | Bronze |
| Faculty of Education | Bronze |
| Scott Polar Research Institute | Bronze |
| Kettle’s Yard | Bronze |
| Investment Office | Bronze |
| Cambridge University Botanic Garden | Silver |
| Cambridge Enterprise | Silver |
| Cambridge University Press and Assessment – Cape Town | Silver |
| CEB Green Impact | Silver |
| Faculty of Music | Silver |
| Herschel Smith Building | Silver |
| Maxwell Centre | Silver |
| Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics | Silver |
| John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair | Silver |
| Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre | Silver |
| MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit | Silver |
| MRC MBU | Silver |
| SLCU Green Impact Team | Silver |
| Flora and Fauna International | Gold |
| Department of Geography | Gold |
| Department of Surgery | Gold |
| Cambridge University Press and Assessment | Platinum |
| Cancer Research UK | Platinum |
| Department of Land Economy | Platinum |
| Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Platinum |
| The Green Genies DPHPC | Platinum |
| IMS MRL | Platinum |
College awards
| Christ’s College | Gold Colleges |
| Hughes Hall College | Gold Colleges |
| Clare College | Gold Colleges |
| Churchill College | Platinum Colleges |
| Darwin College | Platinum Colleges |
| Gonville & Caius College | Platinum Colleges |
| Jesus College | Platinum Colleges |
| Lucy Cavendish College | Platinum Colleges |
| Robinson College | Platinum Colleges |
| St John’s College | Platinum Colleges |
| Wolfson College | Platinum Colleges |
Kevin Breeze : Robinson College (Platinum)
Excellence awards
Three Green Impact teams decided to channel their Green Impact work into Excellence projects over the past year. They put their efforts into one one larger sustainability-themed project of their own design, and of specific relevance to their own context.
| Girton College | Sensory Garden Competition |
| Jesus College | Increased Recycling Points |
| MRC Epidemiology | ULT Freezer Centralisation Program |
You can read more about these Excellence projects:
- Celebrating Excellence: Girton Sensory Garden
- Celebrating Excellence: Jesus College Satellite Recycling Station Points
- Celebrating Excellence: MRC Epidemiology Ultra-low Temperatures Centralisation Programme
Special awards
The Green Impact Special awards aim to recognise individuals and teams who have gone the extra mile in their Green Impact journey. The projects and initiatives nominated for these awards have made a difference above and beyond the requirements of the standard Green Impact actions.
| Sustainability Hero | |
| Winner: Alexander Carvell | |
| Highly Commended: Chris MacDonald | |
| Innovation for Engagement | |
| Winner: Department of Geography COP26 student takeover | |
| Environmental Improvement | |
| Winner: Andri Johnson | |
| Community Action | |
| Winner: Amy Budd and Ruth Carter | |
| Student Leadership | |
| Winner: Megan Groom |
Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to everyone on their awards.