CANIE - CANIE

Organization Type: Other

Organization/Department URL: globallearning.msu.edu

Basic - 1/7

Commit to greater levels of collaboration with other stakeholders in international education to forge a coordinated approach to accelerate climate action;

Advocate for accelerated climate action within Signatory’s own organisation and with other stakeholders within their sphere of influence;

Place climate action at the center of organisational international education strategy;

Embed climate action in organizational missions and strategies, policies and frameworks including official strategic documents;

Signatories should minimize negative financial impacts of their climate action plans on their partners;

Publish a climate action plan within 12 months of signing this Accord; and

Promote and commemorate Signatory’s commitment to this Accord.

Better - 1/3

Collaborate to design policy options to incentivise and drive climate conscious practices across the sector. For example, through support or funding for think tanks, research, and other new or existing initiatives;

Work with partners to develop programming to increase resilience to the effects of climate change in host communities;

Identify policy options within Signatory’s scope of influence to incentivise and drive inclusive climate action across the sector.

Emissions Accounting and Reduction - 0/15

Nothing found.

Travel - 2/12

Basic - 1/4

Replace physical meetings with online ones when possible and logical;

Adjust, or introduce, climate conscious travel policies to incentivise lower carbon means of travel and reduce emissions-intensive business and academic travel;

When travelling by air is deemed necessary for international education business purposes, fly economy class or the least carbon-intensive mode;

Signatories that deliver conferences and other events should offer virtual participation options.

Better - 1/7

Add typical personal energy consumption of study destinations and carbon intensity of available transport modes to program approval and review criteria;

Arrange student travel to ensure lowest emissions;

Invest in technology to improve the virtual exchange and other online international experiences;

Where established learning outcomes allow, add or expand low-carbon global education opportunities including virtual exchanges, transnational education, local global engagement, or internationalization at home opportunities.

Where short-term international program learning outcomes are achievable without long-haul flights, replace them with virtual, local, or regional alternatives;

Locate staff offshore and adjust business models to reduce the need for air travel;

Signatories that deliver conferences and other events should coordinate to collaboratively offer combined events (e.g. per country or region) to consolidate attendee travel.

Facilities, Operations, and Procurement - 2/16

Basic - 1/7

Commit to collaborating with organizational sustainability unit(s);

Resource international education climate action commitments through budget and staffing allocation;

Ensure climate action is a responsibility in at least one person’s position description;

Collaborate globally on data collection and surveys relating to climate action in international education;

Implement flexible and equitable work from home options;

Replace printing and shipping marketing materials with digital marketing technologies; and

Encourage international education stakeholders to become Signatories to the CANIE Accord.

Better - 1/9

Conduct a risk-mapping exercise to determine the direct social, economic, and environmental impacts of climate change on key international education markets and destinations;

Introduce human resources incentives and rewards to encourage decarbonization including incentivized low-carbon travel to and from work;

Invest to support recruitment agents to develop lower carbon operating models;

Include climate action criteria in the contract and procurement processes to consider suppliers’ climate strategies;

Invest in emission reduction projects with partners;

Establish regular virtual meetings with partners to share and implement best practices in climate action in international education;

Replace large in-person meetings with virtual alternatives;

Invest in technology to improve the virtual conference and meeting experience; and

When catering, use plant-based, locally sourced ingredients and eliminate single use plastics. Opt for compostable or other biodegradable alternatives.

Climate Education - 0/13

Nothing found.

Center for Global Learning and Innovation

General Information

CANIE Accord Commitments

Basic - 1/7

Better - 1/3

Basic - 1/4

Better - 1/7

Basic - 1/7

Better - 1/9

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