CANIE - CANIE

Organization Type: Other

Specific Department Signing: Impact Team

Organization/Department URL: https://www.globaluniversitysystems.com/

Link to Organizational Sustainability Plan: https://impact.globaluniversitysystems.com/

Basic - 4/7

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 - 4/15

Basic - 3/9

Establish a baseline year to represent peak emissions and serve as a reference point for GHG reduction progress;

Set context-appropriate decarbonization targets and timelines. Targets should represent a progression beyond the Signatory’s baseline year and reflect its highest possible ambition and shortest possible time frame;

Determine context-appropriate methods of measuring GHG emissions;

Account for emissions from international education activities inclusive of operations; international student academic-related travel; global education participant academic-related travel; faculty academic, research, and business travel; researchers’ project-related travel; staff and administrators’ travel, and student personal travel during their academic program.

Establish immediate, mid-term, and long-range limits on verified carbon credit projects. Verified carbon credit project limits should be defined as percentages of baseline year emissions;

Commit to not using carbon credit projects as a substitute for decarbonization measures nor as justification for delaying emissions reductions;

Follow up on carbon credit projects to ensure they deliver;

Regularly revise carbon credit strategy as best practices evolve; and

Signatories that offer conferences and other events should account for GHG emissions from in-person attendees.

Better - 1/5

Take immediate and rapid action to reduce GHG emissions by no less than 25% below the baseline year within one year after signing;

Commit to a year-over-year decrease in GHG emission of no less than 25% until 2030;

Differentiate between, and account for, emissions in scopes 1, 2, and 3 in GHG reporting to align with globally accepted standards and to allow for comparison across industries;

Account for likely differences in personal energy consumption in the host location compared to energy consumption in the home location for business and academic travellers; and

Include climate impact measures in program approvals and assessments

Travel - 0/12

Nothing found.

Facilities, Operations, and Procurement - 7/16

Basic - 6/7

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.

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