{"id":55181,"date":"2020-04-30T23:51:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T21:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csregypt.com\/?p=55181"},"modified":"2020-04-30T23:51:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T21:51:26","slug":"auc-issues-its-first-sustainability-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csregypt.com\/en\/auc-issues-its-first-sustainability-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AUC issues its first sustainability report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Office of Sustainability at The American University in Cairo (AUC) released\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.aucegypt.edu\/Docs\/about_sustainability\/AUC%20Sustainability%20Report%202020%20WEB.pdf\">University\u2019s first sustainability report<\/a>, as part of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0The Sustainability Report 2020 highlights AUC\u2019s commitment to implementing sustainable practices within the University and raises awareness of how the community can improve in helping the environment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The report will be released every other year, alternating with AUC\u2019s Carbon Footprint Report.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cBy establishing this inaugural sustainability report, we hope AUC can serve as a model for similar institutions in the Middle East and North Africa,\u201d said Yasmin Mansour, sustainability officer in the Office of Sustainability.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A sustainability report\u00a0provides information about the economic, environmental and social performance of an organization, company or institution.\u00a0In 2017, the Office of Sustainability began an initiative to produce a holistic Sustainability Report, which includes not just carbon emissions, but other sustainability factors such as community health, workers\u2019 rights, research and education.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">After several months of collecting and compiling data from offices and departments across the University last year, the Office of Sustainability developed AUC\u2019s\u00a0Sustainability Report 2020.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0This report recognizes AUC\u2019s commitment to sustainable practices and identifies areas in which the University can improve to become an international leader in sustainability.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Sustainability Report 2020 also highlights AUC\u2019s engagement with the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. All the goals are linked to at least one of the chapters of the report to showcase AUC\u2019s commitment to global sustainability efforts. This correspondence examines the critical role of higher education in achieving and implementing the SDGs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Office of Sustainability also published AUC\u2019s Carbon Footprint 2020. While this is not a Carbon Footprint Report year, the Office of Sustainability has calculated AUC\u2019s carbon emissions for the 2019 academic year and published it in the\u00a0Carbon Footprint 2020 brochure.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Office of Sustainability also celebrated this year\u2019s Earth Day digitally. For the past 50 years on April 22, people have come together around the world to celebrate planet Earth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, this year\u2019s Earth Day has gone digital, taking celebrations and campaigns to online platforms. In alignment with this global transition, the Office of Sustainability has launched its own digital Earth Day campaign, using its Facebook and Instagram page to educate AUCians and encourage them to engage with the environmental movement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Sustainability at The American University in Cairo (AUC) released\u00a0the\u00a0University\u2019s first sustainability report, as part of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. \u00a0The Sustainability Report 2020 highlights AUC\u2019s commitment to implementing sustainable practices within the University and raises awareness of how the community can improve in helping the environment. 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