Background

Campus Environmental Management Committee (EMC)

In 1996-7, a University Campus Environment Management Committee (EMC), under the chairmanship of Mr. John Steinke, undertook an extensive review of issues relating to management of the campus environment.

This Committee prepared a substantial report that was accepted by the Planning and Development Committee and Senate. The EMC Report contained a large number of recommendations for action.

Campus Environmental Management Working Party (CEMWP)

Following the publication and particularly after acceptance of the EMC Report by Senate (in mid-1998), actions were initiated by the University to address the recommendations therein.

Many specifically relate to the work carried out by individual sections of the University, e.g., Buildings and Grounds, UniCentre, and these units have incorporated the relevant recommendations in their work. A number of recommendations did not fall specifically within the ambit of any university unit, and a mechanism was required to ensure that action was initiated on them.

There was also an identified need to continue certain aspects of the work of the EMC. In mid-1998, it was decided that this would be carried out by a Working Party on Campus Environmental Management.

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