Describe new ways for how your college or university can apply the sustainability practices in Exhibit 1.12.  Summarize your results in a short paper.

Students must take the topics below and apply them to their college or university.

Exhibit 1.12  Examples of Sustainability Practices

Environmental Sustainability

• Waste management: Reduce waste and manage recycling efforts
• Energy optimization: Reduce consumption during peak energy demand times
• Transportation optimization: Design efficient vehicles and routes to save fuel
• Technology upgrades: Improvements to save energy and clean and reuse water in manufacturing processes
• Air quality: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Sustainable product design: Design goods whose parts can be recycled or safely disposed of

Social Sustainability

• Product safety: Ensure consumer safety in using goods and services
• Workforce health and safety: Ensure a healthy and safe work environment
• Ethics and governance: Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and transparency in management decisions
• Community: Improve the quality of life through industry-community partnerships

Economic Sustainability

• Performance excellence: Build a high-performing organization with a capable leadership and workforce
• Financial management: Make sound financial plans to ensure long-term organizational survival
• Resource management: Acquire and manage all resources effectively and efficiently
• Emergency preparedness: Have plans in place for business, environmental, and social emergencies.