Building Futures - 2012 Sustainability Report

Sustainability Report Building Futures

In June 2013, La Trobe University released its third sustainability report, Building Futures. The report updates stakeholders on the University's progress on sustainability since its inaugural report Responsible Futures in 2010.  Building Futures continues to report the University’s sustainability vision, targets and accountability, and outline our commitment to embedding sustainability across the University.

This report utilises AA1000 Principles and the G3.1 guidelines published by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). In 2012, La Trobe reported to a GRI A+ Application Level and engaged Ernst & Young to provide limited assurance in line with the AccountAbility AA1000 Assurance Standard (2008) and ASAE3000.

Building Futures reports against the targets and actions set in the University's previous sustainability reports and has been published primarily as an electronic document, please download to read. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Sustainability targets and results

Solid progress was made against our targets in 2012, with most targets being met. Our progress is outlined in the table below, with more information available on page 7 of Building Futures [PDF 1.4MB].

Environmental

Result
2010
2011
2012
2012 target
Met?
Facility greenhouse gas emissions (tCO2-e/GFA) 0.18
0.13
0.14
 0.17 Yes
Staff business travel greehouse gas emissions (tCO2-e/FTE)
2.45
2.60
2.07
 2.33 Yes
Energy consumption (GJ/m2 of GFA)
0.99
1.01
0.89
 0.94 Yes
Commuting (%) by car, single occupant (staff and students)
46%
50%
49%
 43% No
Water use (kilolitres per EFTPL)
8.72
9.33
8.16
 8.41 Yes
General waste to landfill (kilograms per EFTPL)
34.54
36.04
38.14
 31.95 No
Recycling (as % of combined recycling and landfill waste)
28.0%
25.0%
24.6%
 30.1% No
Paper use (reams per EFTPL)
3.19
2.59
2.25
 2.87 Yes

Social – students

Result
2010
2011
2012
2012 target
Met?
Low socioeconomic status student participation rate
16.6%
17.3%
17.8%
17.24%
Yes
Indigenous Australian student participation rate (number of students)
117
141
162
160
Yes

Social – staff

Result
2010
2011
2012
2012 target
Met?
Female academic staff at Professor level
37%
33%
36%
37%
No
Female academic staff at Associate Professor level
34%
39%
38%
37%
Yes
Senior female professional staff (HEO 10 and above)
40%
39%
37%
42%
No

Sustainability education

Result
2010
2011
2012
2012 target
Met?
Cross-faculty master's courses with a (social and environmental) sustainability focus


1
1
Yes
Cross-faculty undergraduate minor(s)/Major(s) in (social and environmental) sustainability


2
2
Yes
 

Additional data

Additional data for the 2012 sustainability report

GRI Index

GRI INDEX – Additional information for the Building Futures 2012 Sustainability Report