1. ‘INSPIRE@UWTSD Witness Statement: December 2015 ‘to educate future generations as we would have past generations educate us ’ Dr Jane Davidson

2. Wellbeing of Future Generations Act The new Act requires public bodies to demonstrate they are putting sustainable development at the heart of delivery. It requires named public organisations, to create plans to deliver on 7 goals from April 2016.

3. INSPIRE @ UWTSD: Being Ahead of the Act… Strategic commitment to embed sustainability 2011 Capacity building through staff sustainability skills audit 2012 Targets set 2013 Established ‘ Embedding Sustainability’ as Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and subsidiary performance indicators (PIs) 2014 Voluntary adoption of WFG Act goals, principles and duty 2015

4. Integrating the goals Faculty/departmental activity is being redefined in partnership with INSPIRE According to how it meets the Wellbeing goals New evidence base proposed: ‘Record of university activity according to the Wellbeing Goals’

5. KPI Proposed Evidence KPIEvidenceWhat is measured?Evidence available Council Committee Frequency of Consideration KPI.3 – Embedding Sustainability Record of University activity according to the Wellbeing of Future Generation Act Goals The number of Goals identified. o Minutes of Sustainability Committee o Faculty and Professional Services Sustainability Plans o University Strategic Plans Resources Quarterly Curriculum Audits Embedding of sustainability principles within the curriculum o Internal Audit Report 2014/15 embedding environmental sustainability o Sustainability Curriculum Report to Sustainability Committee Quarterly Environmental Sustainability Data and Carbon Management Plan o Outcomes of Green Dragon and Green League audits, comparison of EMS data submitted to HESA o Carbon Usage o Staff Bulletins provides an update on Estates and Sustainability issues o Annual Report on Environmental Sustainability data and audit outcomes o Carbon Management Policy Quarterly Implementation of University-wide Sustainability Plans Number of Faculty and Professional Services plans implemented, when implemented o Sustainability Strategy o Minutes of Sustainability Committee Quarterly

6. Faculty/department inputs to goals

9. Awards -Winner of the first Guardian Higher Education Awards in the sustainability category 2013 -Gold catering mark (Ist in UK) for events and conferences 2014 -1st in Wales and 8 th in UK 2015 in People and Planet University League – up from 113 th 2015 - Winner of 2 Green Gown Awards 2015