In our university strategy, BU2025, we see ourselves as a thought leader in sustainability and we measure the success of our leadership by our positive impact on society and the planet, and by ensuring we take the BU community with us on this journey.

A fundamental part of demonstrating leadership is creating appropriate and robust means to hold ourselves to account – this can take many forms through, for example, external audits, international rankings or a staff and student assembly. At the same time, we want to make sure that the net-zero target is tangible for our staff and students and create new processes to support everyone to contribute.

Meet our Sustainability Team

There is a dedicated team of full-time sustainability staff in the estates department who are responsible for ensuring BU's day-to-day operations minimise the risk to the environment and enhance positive impacts. The team works closely with staff and students from about BU and SUBU, and students at all levels across BU to implement our sustainability vision. You can get in touch with our team by emailing [email protected], finding us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, or contacting us individually below: we'd love to hear from you!

Lois Betts – Sustainability Manager

Lois leads the Sustainability Team and our Climate & Ecological Crisis Action Plan.

lbetts@bournemouth.ac.uk

Eleanor Wills – Sustainability Support Officer 

Eleanor supports the team on a number of sustainability topics including curriculum, waste and staff and student engagement activities.

[email protected]

Lauren Duff – Travel and Transport Manager

Lauren is responsible for encouraging staff and students to travel more sustainably to and from BU and for achieving the changes set out in BU's Travel Plan. 

[email protected]

Dave Archer – Energy Manager 

Dave manages BU’s energy and water use, and also oversees the implementation of the Carbon Management Plan.

[email protected]

Laura Bellamy – Sustainability & Energy Analyst

Laura proactively uses energy and water data to identify opportunities for utility, carbon and financial savings.

[email protected]

Vacant – Energy Officer

Our Energy Officer manages campus meters and infrastructure to ensure we have accurate and robust data and manage the Building Management System, and to optimise building performance.

Mark Hammond – Travel and Transport Co-ordinator

Marks supports the Travel and Transport Manager in implementing the BU Travel Plan.

Dean Pinfield – Car Park Supervisor

Dean manages parking operations at our BU Talbot Campus, ensuring our visitors receive an excellent customer service experience.

[email protected]

Gillian Lewis – Community Projects Lead (Students’ Union at Bournemouth University)

Gillian leads the community team and works to keep strong relationships between students and the local community.

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Emma Davies - Student Opportunities Manager (Students’ Union at Bournemouth University)

Emma coordinates the BU-SUBU Sustainability Challenge, chairs SUBU's Sustainability Group and leads their 'Excellent' NUS-accredited Green Impact submission.

And all our partners at Chartwells, SUBU, Interserve, Mitie and others at BU who support our sustainability vision.