Sustainability

H&A 2024-2025 Goals

  • Introduce “Just in Time” which offers a 50% discount on Fresh TO GO products in retail as a reduced price offering to expand food access resources on campus.
  • Upgrade bedroom lighting in Leggett and Watts to LED.
  • Community Housing to investigate purchase of an electric vehicle for department usage.
  • Obtain LEED Gold Certification for Endaayaan – Tkanónsote and the JDUC.
  • Implement a $0.35 single-use cost recovery fee on hot beverages and fountain drinks purchased without using a reusable mug.
  • Track and increase the number of beverages in reusable mugs in proprietary retail food locations (franchises excluded) with a goal of 13,000 beverages.
  • Goal to increase the number of GOOD TO GO container swaps to 232,000 and reduce the number of single-use container fees to 99,500 or less.
  • Build out wasteless move-in & move-out practices and communications in residences and Community Housing to complement existing wasteless move-out efforts.

Sustainability Framework 

Hospitality Services is part of the Housing and Ancillary Services (H&A) portfolio, and together commit to advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the department. We call upon our leadership teams, staff, and community members to engage, invest, and commit to progressive, sustainable goals that will significantly mobilize efforts towards these objectives. 

The Sustainability Framework is a living document that records important drivers of progress in all 17 SDG areas through collaboration with stakeholders across the portfolio and Queen’s campus partners. 

To date, H&A’s achievements are most evident in the following SDGs: 

SDG 1: No Poverty                                           SDG 4: Quality Education   

SDG 2: Zero Hunger                                        SDG 10: Reducing Inequalities 

SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing              SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production   

Sustainable development is a collective responsibility. Housing and Ancillary Services strives to build innovatively and positively contribute to goals in all 17 SDG areas. H&A welcomes opportunities to expand partnerships with campus and community groups with a shared vision to make a more sustainable and prosperous future for all.  

 

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Sustainability Initiatives

Campus Apiary

This living lab supports experiential learning and local food production.

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PEACH Market

The Providing Equal Access Changing Hunger Market helps combat campus food insecurity.

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LEED Building

Endaayaan-Tkanónsote targets Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

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GOOD TO GO

The GOOD TO GO Reusable Container Initiative has diverted over 261,831 containers last year.

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