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EICCD Sustainability Policy

TITLE: BUSINESS AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES –
– Sustainability Policy

As an educational institution and a community leader, Eastern Iowa Community College District seeks to engage in sustainable practices as an organization and to promote an understanding of the importance and practices of sustainability within our students and community.

To the greatest extent feasible, Eastern Iowa Community College District commits to conserving natural resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, minimizing generation of waste, purchasing environmentally friendly and energy-efficient products, using recycled and recyclable materials, using sustainable energy sources, and reducing student and staff commuting, and will strive to employ a minimum of the LEED Silver Standard in new construction.

The sustainability Initiative has a self-led mission to:

• Work together to maintain compliance with the ACUPCC and toward obtaining carbon neutrality within 3-5 years
  
• Incorporate sustainability into EICCD’s educational philosophy to create an environment that will encourage and grow support for sustainability by all students, faculty, and staff, provide all sectors of the EICCD population with basic knowledge of sustainable principles, and foster an attitude of involvement and action in the mission to create a sustainable future.
  
  
• Implement the sustainability directive included in the mission statement of EICCD by encompassing social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability within all facets of EICCD operations, practices, and philosophies, and within the local community. 
  
  
• Strive to achieve the highest possible rating under the STARS (Sustainability Tracking and Rating System) Program for Colleges and Universities administrated by AASHE (Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education).
  
  
• Share knowledge and specifics of EICCD Sustainability Initiative with other academic institutions so that all may progress toward greater sustainability.