CANIE - CANIE

Organization Type: Other

Organization/Department URL: www.gooverseas.com

Emissions Accounting and Reduction - 4/15

Basic - 4/9

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

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.

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

Travel - 2/12

Basic - 2/4

Replace physical meetings with online ones when possible and logical;

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

Facilities, Operations, and Procurement - 6/16

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;

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.

Go Overseas

General Information

CANIE Accord Commitments

Basic - 4/7

Better - 1/3

Basic - 4/9

Basic - 2/4

Basic - 6/7

Basic - 1/5

Better - 3/8

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