Green Impact How to identify your most significant environmental aspects and impacts

What are the ‘quick wins’ with maximum impact? How would you implement these

Getting started B029: The team has identified, ranked and documented what it believes are its five most significant environmental aspects & impacts.

What are impacts and aspects Environmental Aspect any element of an organisation’s activities, products or services, that can interact with the environment. Environmental impact any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organisations activities, products or services Cause Effect

EXAMPLE - Printing agendas for meetings Aspect: Use of printer Aspect: Use of paper Impact: contributes to global warming Impact: use of fossil fuels: burden on earths resources Impact: Deforestation Environmental Aspect Environmental impact Cause Effect

Your turn… Identifying your own environmental aspects and impacts:  Brainstorm your activities  What environmental aspects are associated with these?  What are the environmental impacts of this?  Identify the significance of each impact: Intensity Likelihood

Themes to consider Embedding Communication & Administration Greening the curriculum & charity in the wider community Energy Heat & lightning Waste & Recycling Reuse, recycle & compost Procurement Worker’s rights, Fairtrade & sustainable suppliers Travel Bike schemes & Liftshare Wellbeing, Biodiversity & Community Nature trail & bee hives

General Considerations  Direct or indirect  Real or perceived  Occur under normal operating conditions  Occur under abnormal operating conditions  Due to accident  Due to incident (eg vandalism)  Due to past (or future) activities

Contact details Sustainable Behaviour Assistant: Jane Nurse Your NUS Green Impact Project Officer: Odette Wills