Towards a sustainable university : the Cá Foscari experience /

Towards a Sustainable University tackles the challenge of sustainability in universities. As educational, research centres, universities should deeply contribute to building a new paradigm based on sustainability. Research on sustainable issues and teaching 'more sustainability' should bec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mio, Chiara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Colección:Palgrave pivot.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > Environmental aspects.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
Universities and colleges > Business management.
Sustainable development.
Universités > Administration.
Développement durable.
sustainable development.
Universities.
Business innovation.
Business ethics & social responsibility.
Sustainability.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education.
Universities and colleges > Business management
Universities and colleges > Administration
Universities and colleges > Environmental aspects
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Climate change.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements PART I
  • SUSTAINABILITY: THE NEW PARADIGM ... p. 4 1. The scenario: the critical environmental and social themes ... p. 6 2. The commitments of Countries and Institutions ... p. 9 PART II
  • NEW RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY ... p. 20 1. The sustainability in the universities ... p. 22 1.1. The importance of sustainability in universities: some contributions ... p.22 1.2. Approaches to sustainability ... p. 34 2. The strategic organizational approach ... p. 37 2.1. Sustainability, governance and strategy ... p. 38 2.2. Performance measurement and evaluation system ... p. 48 2.3. The Reporting system ... p. 71 3. Carbon Management: guidelines for Universities ... p. 90 3.1. General concepts ... p.90 3.2. Carbon Management process ... p. 92 3.3. The calculation of the Carbon Footprint ... p. 94 3.4. Identification of the objectives of emission reduction ... p. 99 3.5. Definition of a carbon management plan and monitoring ... p. 100 3.6. Reporting Plan ... p. 101 4. Green Universities ... p. 102 4.1. The sustainability networks ... p.103 4.2. University rankings and sustainability ... p. 109 PART III
  • CA' FOSCARI
  • CASE STUDY ... p. 119 1. Ca' Foscari and the path towards sustainability ... p. 121 2. The governance of sustainability ... p. 132 2.1. Sustainability and governing and managing bodies, control and guarantee ... p.134 2.2. Ca' Foscari's Statute and the Sustainability Commitments Charter ... p. 137 2.3. Ca' Foscari's Strategic Plan ... p. 141 2.4. The Ethic Code ... p. 145 2.5. The mapping of the stakeholders ... p. 147 3. The sustainability tools ... p. 153 3.1. The Sustainability Commitments Charter ..., ..p. 154 3.2. Carbon Management Project ... p. 159 3.3. Sustainability Report ... p. 174 3.4. Sustainability teaching and research ... p. 185 3.5. Other projects and intiatives ... p. 191 Appendix
  • Guidelines on the matter of Carbon Management for Universities ... p. 200 Bibliography ... p. 206 Webliography ... p. 212 Indexing ... p. 218.

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