The University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

APS Environmental impact

In APS we are particularly aware of the environmental implications of human activities, and are taking steps to both implement more effective Departmental procedures to prevent waste and reduce carbon emissions, and to encourage and support staff individually to reduce the environmental impact of their work activities.

Here are some links to more detailed information about how the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences is saving energy and lowering the carbon footprint of the Department.

Silver Award for APS Green Impact: For the third year running APS entered Green Impact, and for the second year in a row were awarded Silver Standard as a whole department. Additionally the combined forces of the APS Laboratories gained the Silver Award for Labs.In addition the Alfred Denny Service Delivery Co-ordinators (porters) got a special award as ‘Environmental Heroes’ for their excellent work. This includes saving energy by switching off lights after hours, reducing landfill by separating waste into recycling streams, and finding homes for unwanted furniture rather than sending it for scrap.Well done to everyone involved.

Other University initiatives on environmental impact

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Degrees Cooler

Green Impact is part of the Degrees Cooler programme; a programme which will support green behaviour change in over 90,000 students and staff over the next two years.

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Green impact

Green Impact is part of the Degrees Cooler initiative and is an environmental accreditation scheme, meaning that anyone can take simple, structured action towards greening their departments, and be rewarded for doing so.

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Going greener

A project being rolled out as part of Degrees Cooler is the Going Greener movement. This is a growing network of students and staff coming together to strengthen environmental change in the university. Going Greener uses a model similar to the Transition Towns network, but adapted for the specific context of universities.