Green Management
Downing College is committed to working in a sustainable and environmentally-friendly way. The College complies fully with environmental legislation and officially approved codes of practice, and makes continued efforts to:
- Promote sound environmental management policies and practices in all areas of its activities;
- Increase awareness of environmental repsonsibilities among members and staff;
- Minimise waste and pollution and operate effective waste management and recycling procedures;
- Reduce the consumption of fossil fuels;
- Reduce water consumption;
- Promote a purchasing policy which will give preference, as far as practicable, to those products and services which cause the least harm to the environment;
- Avoid use, wherever possible, of environmentally damaging substances, materials, and processes;
- Maintain its grounds and buildings in an environmentally sensitive way;
- Encourage modes of transport by staff and students which minimise the environmental impact;
- Prohibit smoking in all college rooms