PolyU has established and conducted regular reviews on annual environmental and social targets which align with our Strategic Plan (2019/20 to 2024/25).
Achievements in 2019/20
| Social |
Knowledge transfer |
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- Engaged in 364 new consultancy projects.
- Launched the PolyU Entrepreneurship Parade 2019 to facilitate exchange of views of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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| Service to the community |
- Offered 63 Service-Learning subjects with 3,833 Service-Learning places for students.
- Launched the Blood Donation Campaign on campus to promote blood donation among university students.
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| Environmental |
Carbon footprint reduction |
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- Annual per capita carbon emissions attributable to electricity consumption were reduced by 20% compared with 2005/06.
- Introduced another phase of electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities on the first floor in the campus carpark.
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| Waste reduction |
- Introduced an automatic food waste collection system coupled with dewatering functionality at the catering facilities in the Communal Building.
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| Resource conservation |
- Annual Printing Paper1 consumption of the University reduced by 67% compared with 2009/10 baseline year.
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| Promoting green living |
- Launched the campus-wide Green PolyU Awards – Green Office programme Phase 4.
- Established a local research platform on urban agriculture which aims to develop a new and safe urban agriculture model to cultivate high quality fruits and vegetables in a small indoor space.
- Launched Live GREEN online informative platform which is the University’s doorway to sustainable practices towards ‘a healthy environment’ and ‘healthy people’.
- Organised the Campus Sustainability Weeks and VeggieLicious event in special online format.
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Remark:
1. The paper consumption data included those consumed by all PolyU entities.
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Targets in 2020/21
| Social |
Knowledge transfer |
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- Engage in 350+ new consultancy projects.
- Launch of University Social Responsibility Network Massive Open Online Course (USRN MOOC) “Introduction to University Social Responsibility”, co-developed by PolyU and Kyoto University.
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| Service to the community |
- Offer 60+ Service-Learning subjects with 3,800+ Service-Learning places for students.
- Set up new Occupational Therapy Clinic on campus to address rising primary healthcare needs.
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| Environmental |
Carbon footprint reduction |
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- Reduce annual per capita carbon emissions attributable to electricity consumption by 15% compared with 2005/06.
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| Waste reduction |
- Resume food waste and glass bottles recycling services on campus.
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| Resource conservation |
- Reduce the University’s annual printing paper consumption by 60% compared with 2009/10.
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| Promoting green living |
- Launch the campus-wide Green PolyU Awards – Green Office programme Phase 5.
- Enhance the “PolyU GreenCoin” initiative to further engage the University community in pursuing a green lifestyle by setting up more Reverse Vending Machines on campus offering rewards for tetra paks and beverage cans recycling.
- Continue running the Campus Sustainability Weeks and VeggieLicious event in online format.
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