Green Gown Awards 2016 – Learning and Skills – LSE – Finalist

Sustainability-e-training

A bespoke sustainability training package, equipping London School of Economics (LSE) Estates Division staff to continually improve the School's environmental performance.

The training combines theory and practice through an online module and workshops and introduces staff to key environmental issues and impacts and how sustainability relates to their roles.

The training includes: A general background in key sustainability issues, such as climate change and biodiversity; Drivers for LSE and the HE sector to address environmental impacts, including environmental, legal, costs, reputational, etc.; An overview of the School’s sustainability achievements and projects and practical advice for staff to help them improve the environmental performance of the Estates Division and the rest of LSE.

Top 3 learnings

1 Sustainability relates to everything that Estates does – is not solely the domain of the Sustainability Team

2 Power of collaboration – getting different teams to work together led to interesting insights and solutions!

3 Combination of online and face-to-face training is really effective for engagement and learning.