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EVOLVE INNOVATE IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY 2022-24

BIODIVERSITY IMPLEMENTATION ƒ Develop an appropriate KPI such as
species diversity, percentage of native
MECHANISMS species, connectivity etc.

TARGET
ƒ Update the Biodiversity Action Plan SUPPORTING
2019 in conjunction with the Herts and
ƒ No construction, refurbishment or POLICIES
Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
maintenance work has a net negative
impact on biodiversity and that where ƒ Active participation in Students AND PLANS
Organising for Sustainability’s Farming for
possible, the impact is net positive.
Carbon and Nature programme.
ƒ Biodiversity Action Plan.
KEY ƒ Develop a Sustainable Food Policy to ƒ Sustainable Construction Policy.
minimise the impacts of the food we
PERFORMANCE purchase.

INDICATORS ƒ Source all timber from FSC/PEFC sources.

We aim to be a leading ƒ Seasonal meetings of the Land
Management Group to ensure biodiversity
is considered in the upkeep of the Estate.
organisation in limiting ƒ Actions completed in Biodiversity Action ƒ Investigate opportunities for offsetting
Plan.
negative and, where possible, ƒ Retention of Hedgehog Friendly Campus carbon emissions and improving
accreditation. biodiversity through tree planting on site
having positive direct and measuring carbon capture in soil.
ƒ Create programme of student and staff
and indirect impacts on volunteering events to support wellbeing

biodiversity. through our green spaces.

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