Building Futures - 2012 Sustainability Report
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