Our environmental work
GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
Policy and Guidelines for environmental work
Teknologkårens The policy for environmental work is intended to create awareness of the environmental issues that affect Teknologkårens 's operations and introduce active environmental work in the organization. It also contains overall environmental objectives that aim to:
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Purchasing
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Waste management
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Travel and transport
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Premises
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Dissemination of information
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Advocacy work
The points presented in the Teknologkårens environmental policy are concretized in the Guidelines for environmental work.
Policy for Finance
The ethical considerations to be taken into account for Teknologkårens investments are addressed in the Financial Policy. Among other things, the policy states that it is desirable that Teknologkåren avoids investments in companies where the exploitation of fossil resources is the core business of the organization.
Teknologkårens Student Social and Education Policy Program (SOUP)
Opinions that Teknologkåren works for in its advocacy work towards universities are presented in the SOP. Section 12 describes positions linked to ecological, social and economic sustainability.
History
2022/2023
The Sustainability College
During the spring, environmentalists from several Guilds met to discuss environmental work. This collaboration became official in October when the Sustainability College was created.
2020/2021
task force for environment
A task force for environment was created to work further on some of the action proposals developed under the item Teknologkåren climate work in the business plan from the year 2019/2020. The main effort of the working group was to present a proposal to the Union Board to introduce an environmental college, with Teknologkårens former association Lund Sustainable Engineers(LSE) as the main body to lead the college. With the closure of LSE, no college was established but the cross-guildal network on environmental work was strengthened in other ways. The working group is also behind the creation of this tab to make Teknologkårens environmental work more visible.
Creation of an environmental and climate network at LUS
In 2020/2021, an environmental and climate network (MK-network) was established at Lund University Student Unions (LUS). One of Teknologkårens Sabbatical Officers has represented the organisation and been involved in the network's activities since then.
2019/2020
Business plan point 8 - Teknologkåren climate work
In the 2019/2020 financial year, Teknologkåren had an activity plan item focusing on the environment and climate. One of the objectives of this item was to investigate and collate the environmental policy views of members and update governance documents accordingly. The work on this also resulted in a couple of action proposals that could be incorporated into Teknologkårens 's activities.
Teknologkåren strives to have active environmental work. It presents the current commitment, governance documents on sustainability and what has been done in previous years in the field.
The Sustainability College
The purpose of the college is to provide a place for the environmental officers of all Guilds to discuss sustainability issues, in particular how Teknologkåren and its Guilds can improve their environmental performance, and to plan sustainability-related events for the whole Teknologkåren such as lectures and flea markets.
Sustainability Week
Sustainability Week is a week of events focusing on different aspects of sustainability. The week offers exciting lunch lectures, panel discussions and workshops, all events linked to the UN's 17 global sustainability goals.
During the week, you as a LTH student will come into contact with companies and organizations that are currently working with sustainability issues, as well as gain an insight into the technical challenges that exist today. It will thus be discussed how, among other things, energy, water and AI contribute to sustainable development.
If you want to be part of the Sustainability Week project team at LTH , you are welcome to apply in the fall, otherwise see you during Sustainability Week!