What can you do as a staff member?What is expected of you in terms of sustainability and the environment in your department? And where can you go with your suggestions and enthusiasm to do things more sustainably?
What is expected of you in terms of sustainability and the environment in your department? And where can you go with your suggestions and enthusiasm to do things more sustainably?
Comply with the legal environmental obligations
The work in the offices, the laboratories, the workshops, etc., has an impact on the environment. On this site, you will find all kinds of procedures concerning permits, working with hazardous substances, waste collection, biosafety, etc.
The sustainability policy contains many measures that the organisation must implement. But just as many things that departments and staff members must do their bit.
Here we highlight a few sustainability campaigns from departmental groups. Maybe they can inspire you too? Or maybe you are doing something great in your departmental group and want to share it with others?
The think tank is an open renewal network, in which we propose new actions and policy proposals together and thus put some pressure on the sustainability policy in a constructive way.
Environmental and sustainability committee in the faculties
Most faculties have an active environmental and sustainability committee, where information is disseminated, new actions are initiated, etc. Feel free to contact the chairman for more information.
Ghent University uses cookies on this website. The strictly necessary cookies are required for the proper functioning of the website and cannot be refused. Besides these necessary cookies, Ghent University also uses non-functional cookies such as statistical cookies (CrazyEgg analysis tool, Google, Hotjar, Piwik Pro) and social media cookies (YouTube, Facebook, TikTok). Those non-functional cookies may also be set by third parties, for example to measure site usage or share content on social media. Certain media are only available if you accept the cookies. You can always withdraw your consent via the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of the webpage. You can read which cookies we use and why in the Cookie Statement.
We will store data in an aggregated form about visitors and their experiences on our website. We use this data to fix bugs and improve the experience for all visitors.
Conversion tracking
We will store data about when you complete certain actions on our website to understand better how you use it. We use this data to improve your experience with our site.
Social media cookies
We will store data to show you our advertisements (only ours) on other websites relevant to your interests.
