Defini&on  of  indicators  and  sustainability  assessment  in  

Spanish  and  La&n  American  Universi&es  

 Javier  Benayas  del  Álamo  Universidad  Autónoma  de  Madrid  (Spain)  javier.benayas@uam.es  

 The  Spanish  university  system  in  numbers:    

 78  universi+es:  50  public  and  28  private.    In  1985  there  were  only  35  universi+es.    

1,556,377  professors  107,930  students  

57,162  administra+ve  staff      

SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT      

 31  universi&es  (62%  of  the  public  universi&es)  

Assessment  of  Spanish  universi&es  sustainability  

policies    (2011-­‐12)  

AREAS   INDICATORS  FIELD  

LEADERSHIP  and  GOVERNANCE  

! Poli+cs  and  sustainability  assessment  ! Engagement  and  awareness  of  the  university  community  ! Social  responsibility,  rela+onships  /  engagement  towards  society  

TEACHING  and  RESEARCH  

! Teaching  ! Research  and  transfer  of  technologies  

STATES  and  OPERATION  

! Urban  Planning  and  Biodiversity  ! Energy  ! Water  ! Mobility  ! Waste  ! Green  purchase  ! Impact  Assessment  

SURVEY  INDICATORS  

From 300 to 176 indicators

SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT      

Examples  of  indicators  indicators  simple  answer:  Yes  /  No    A  -­‐  Poli&cs  and  sustainability  assessment    

•  1.  The  governance  of  the  university  has  a  poli+cal  leader  on  environmental  issues.  

•  2.    There  is  at  least  one    technician  employed  by  the  university,  exclusively  dedicated  to  environmental  issues.  

•  3.  The  unit,  office  or  sustainability  service  has  specific  budget  for  ac+vi+es  or  investments  in  this  area.  

•  ….  

SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT    

1.-­‐  Survey:  self.-­‐diagnosis  

   2.-­‐  Visits  and  interviews  

A)  Report  for  each  University  B)  Global  results  about  the  University  System:    

SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT    

C) Identify Best Practices

Project  Process  

Global  Results  Outcome1  

Poli&cs  and  sustainability  assessment  

 Outcome  1  

Outcome  2    Contents of the Private Report for Each University

" Introduction " Quantitative Study " Qualitative study " Best Practices " Answers to Questionnaire

FIELD  Number  good  

prac&ces  Poli+cs  and  sustainability  

assessment   7  

Urban  Planning  and  Biodiversity   9  

Teaching   4  Research  and  transfer  of  

technologies   3  

Energy     8  

Water   4  Mobility   3  Waste   6  

Green    purchase   2  Social  responsibility   2  

   Outcome  3:  Best  Practices  

Work  together  to  progress  together  

The  process  of  assessment  of  sustainability  in  universi&es  is  important  but  not  for  compe&&ve  purposes  

Sustainability  Indicators  for  Universi&es  Systems  SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT      

Ranking SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT    

A Sustainable Exception:

Failure in excellence, Distinction on green

policies

Spain

ALLIANCE OF IBERO AMERICAN NETWORKS OF UNIVERSITIES FOR

SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT

PARTNERSHIP  

Currently  project  (2013-­‐2014):    

Defini&on  of  Indicators  for  Evalua&on  of  Sustainability  in  La&n  American  Universi&es  

 RISU  Network  

SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT    16  

2  7  

5  

13  

7  

14  

10  

8  

5  

115 indicators

SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT    

#  Use of the indicators as a reference to develop an Strategic Plan and commit universities with sustainability (3-5 years)

#  Yes or No for each indicator;

#  Is the university able to accomplish this step/indicator in the next 3-5 years?

#  Final report : Lima, October 2014

State  whether  your  university  would  be  willing  or  not  to  develop  concrete  ac&ons  in  order  to  implement  a  strategic  plan,  within  3  

to  5  years  

SUSTAINABILITY  ASSESMENT    

Evalua&on  process  for  those  who  are  involved  in  the  process.  

.  Objec&ve:    Encourages  universi&es  managers  to  build  a  Strategic  Plan  on  Sustainability  2014-­‐2017  

To make progress on the path of sustainability… It is better to develop collaborative strategies than competition strategies