Revision to the Sustainable Practices policy

To: UC Santa Cruz Community

From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, and Elida Erickson, Director, Sustainability

The University of California Office of the President has issued a revision to the Sustainable Practices policy. Revisions include:

  • updates to the University Carbon Neutrality Initiative, adding definitions of green lab assessment programs, “ research group” as defined by the Laboratory Hazard Assessment Tool (LHAT), and the inclusion of the UC Green Laboratories Action Plan;
  • updates to the Sustainable Building Operations for campuses; and
  • has been made accessible according to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

The revisions are effective June 2, 2017. The full policy is available online.

If you would like to know more or participate in Sustainability programs, please visit https://sustainability.ucsc.edu.