The award-winning Sustainability Coordinator (SC) Program provides UBC staff members with opportunities and resources to promote and implement sustainable practices in their departments.

About the Program

Developed at UBC in 1999, the Sustainability Coordinator Program offers staff members the support, awareness, skills and tools they need to foster sustainability in their respective departments.

Using two to four hours of work time per month, with supervisor permission, SCs help to:

• inspire colleagues to make changes in energy consumption, waste, food, purchasing, transportation, and more;
• deliver information about the ecological impact of daily workplace activities;
• identify sustainability initiatives for their departments;
• communicate UBC sustainability policies, procedures, news and events; and
• make sustainability easy and fun.

UBC Campus Sustainability provides SCs with training and step-by-step tools to generate positive change at the unit level.

By becoming Sustainability Coordinators, UBC staff members get to:

• Join the network of over 110 coordinators across campus
• Attend sustainability-focused educational events and networking sessions
• Develop skills through sustainability-related training sessions
• Make a difference in the workplace

Apply Now

E-mail the SC Program Coordinator to learn more about becoming a Sustainability Coordinator, or to receive the SC Program application form.

Please note: all prospective SCs must have the permission of their supervisor or director to participate in the program.

Sustainability Coordinator Resources

• Sustainability Coordinator Toolkits
• Xerox Workplace Sustainability Fund
• Employee Sustainability Guide
• Sustainability Coordinator Program Case Study