Sustainability Committee
The Committee implements the Sustainability Strategy and associated plans, as well as monitoring performance against the set success measures.
The committee’s responsibilities and decision-making powers are as follows:
Planning and performance
1. To act on behalf of the University’s Senior Leadership Team to implement the Sustainability Strategy and associated plans
2. To monitor performance against the success measures set out within the strategy, and associated plans
3. Review and input into other relevant University policies with a sustainability focus, including but not limited to the Ethical Investment Policy, Travel Policy, Procurement Policy, and education and research-related polices
4. To ensure effective and robust structures are in place for measuring, monitoring, analysing, evaluating, and improving the performance of university sustainability through benchmarking exercises, including entering into external league tables
5. To review the cost of institutional plans relating to sustainability, and under delegated authority approve expenditure from appropriate budgets.
Risk and compliance
6. To monitor the climate and sustainability risks set out in the University’s strategic risk register
7. To maintain oversight and approval of the University’s Environmental Policy in line with the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.
Communications and engagement
8. Develop and oversee the implementation of a communications plan in line with the new strategy, that clearly outlines the responsibilities of nominated sustainability representatives
9. To commission subject matter experts as necessary to help achieve Sustainability Strategy objectives.
Reporting relationships
- The committee reports to the University’s Senior Leadership Team on a quarterly basis
- The committee also reports on an annual basis via the Deputy Chair to Education Committee and Research and Impact Committee
- The committee receives quarterly reports from each of the sustainability strategy pillars, via their nominated leads
- The committee receives annual reports from: The Investment Sub-Committee, relevant University subsidiary companies, and the Guild of Students.
Frequency of meetings
The Sustainability Committee will meet on four occasions during the academic year.
Quorum
The quorum for meetings of the Sustainability Committee shall be one third of the membership.
Members or key people
| Role | Name |
| Ex-Officio Members | |
| Chief Financial Officer (Chair) | Nicola Davies |
| Associate Director of Sustainability (Deputy Chair) | Sally Shaw |
| Director of Property and Campus Services | David Furnival |
| Interim Director of IT Services | Mark Hilditch |
| Director of Procurement | Amy Noble |
| Director of External Relations and Marketing | Tim Seamans |
| APVC Education Representative | Phil Drake |
| APVC of Research and Director of the ICSR | Katie Atkinson |
| Director of Estate and Infrastructure | Syd Cottle |
| Guild Officer, Liverpool Guild of Students | Holly Thomson |
| FDO Representative | Niki Sandman |
| In Attendance | |
| Secretary | Michelle Keeley-Adamson |
Other members may be co-opted or invited to attend for specific meetings at the discretion of the Committee.
The Committee may establish time-limited groups as necessary to deal with pertinent issues.
Invited to attend
Alternatives to be nominated by the Chair and Deputy Chair.
If non-University staff or University staff who are not members of the Committee wish to attend, then a formal written request must be made to the Chair who will then decide whether the attendance at the meeting is appropriate.