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Central speech and drama10/13/2023 ![]() Points were awarded for covering the full scope of an institution's investments and being signed off by a senior member of staff. A strong ethical investment policy makes sure an institution’s investments and banking practices are conducted transparently and in an economically-viable, socially-responsible manner. Investments in the fossil fuel industry or arms trade can be contradictory to an institutions broader sustainability aims and goals. ![]() The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama scored 0/40% for internal environmental audits Section Total: 0%Įthical Investment and Banking 1a Ethical Investment Policy The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was found to have audited the following areas:ġb. 40%) for conducting and publishing their own environmental audits. Universities who have not undertaken an externally verified environmental management system audit could also score points (max. People & Planet looked for evidence that the sustainability strategy was resourced with a budget and that costs were included as part of the commitment.ģ The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama scored 0/10% for staff sustainability budget 4 All Staff ParticipationĤ The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama scored 0/15% for all staff participation Section Total: 0 %Įnvironmental Auditing & Management Systems 1b Internal Environmental Audits Once a university has employed staff, it can be hard for them to do their job without money available. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama has fewer than 5000 students students and 0.00 FTE sustainability staffĢ The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama scored 0/55% for dedicated and expert staff 3 Sustainability Budget We thought the number of sustainability staff should be relative to the number of staff and students at the university. We also wanted to see how many staff were currently employed to work on sustainability issues, and whether students and staff could find them easily online and contact them. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama scored 0/20% for senior responsibility for sustainability. If a senior member of staff has responsibility for sustainability, you can find them here:ġ. It really helps when climate change and ethical issues are the responsibility of someone who can make decisions about how the action points can be resourced. We looked to see whether someone in the university senior management team has responsibility for sustainability. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama scored 0%/50% for their sustainability strategy Section Total: 50% We found that The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is working towards targets in the following areas:Ģ. Scores increase in line with the number of key areas the university had set targets for when considering: We decided that if a university wasn't setting targets for more than 5 key areas then it didn't amount to a comprehensive and they would score zero. The university could only score the full marks of 50% if they had set SMART targets in all 8 of key areas below, and if we could see that the strategy had been reviewed in the last 5 years, (much like the environmental policy, a strategy only works if people are using it), and we didn't give credit for strategies that were out of date. So to score 50% here, the policy needed to have been published within the last 5 years and demonstrate that it was reviewed regularly by someone sitting in a senior position at the university.ġ The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama scored: 50/ 50% for their environmental policy 2 Targets and Strategy We wanted to see that the policy wasn't just sitting in a dusty desktop year after year and we needed to know that the policy meant something to staff, students and decision makers at the university. We looked at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama's publicly available environmental policy - you can read it here if we found one - but if we didn't find a policy on the university website then you won't find a link: Policy and Strategy Publicly Available Policy ![]()
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