GO! Checklist
Category 6: Awareness and Engagement
Promoting awareness and engagement among its employees forms a vital part of any organisation’s green operations. Engaging employees on sustainability issues and raising their awareness of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals can help an organisation to respond more effectively to social and environmental challenges.
Action
We inform our staff members of the office's participation in the Green Office Programme ('GO!'), share information about our efforts on sustainability and encourage them to support related initiatives.
We share information on campus sustainability and GO! with new staff members when they join us.
We share information on campus sustainability and GO! with new staff members when they join us.
Action
We encourage our staff members to reduce carbon emissions from transportation:
- taking public transport, using a carpool, or cycling or walking to work;
- communicating remotely (by video or web conferencing) and combining several activities into a single business trip, to avoid unnecessary overseas business travel; and
- offsetting carbon emissions from air travel.
Evidence
e.g., internal communications, carbon offset record e-form submission, carbon offset certificates/receipts
Action
To raise awareness of sustainability, we encourage our staff members to:
- register as members of ‘CU Green Buddies’; and
- join the activities organised by GO! and CU Green Buddies.
Resources
- CU Green Buddies (Webpage)
- Green Office Programme
- CUHK Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development (Facebook; Instagram)
Evidence
e.g., Internal communications
Action
We host team building activities (with sustainability as one of the topics) such as development workshops, field trips/visits and celebration of milestones.
1–3 activities: 1 point for each activity; >3 activities: 4 points
1–3 activities: 1 point for each activity; >3 activities: 4 points
Evidence
e.g., Photos and/or documents
