Tom Yearley and Vered Balan joined the Sustainability team at the end of 2019
29 January 2020
Tom Yearley (L) and Vered Balan (R)
Tom has become Deputy Head of Environmental Sustainability, reporting to Head of Environmental Sustainability Harriet Waters.
Vered, meanwhile, has been appointed as Environmental Sustainability Programme Manager, with responsibility for engagement and outreach activities.
She is re-launching the Environmental Sustainability Newsletter with information on sustainability-related initiatives across the University. This will be sent out soon; feel free to pass it along to friends and colleagues, and if you want to sign up or share an idea, contact Vered on vered.balan@admin.ox.ac.uk.
The ongoing public discussion on sustainable food has never been as important as it is now. It is now clear that our diet substantially affects our individual carbon footprint, as well as many other environmental and social aspects.
Laboratory suppliers present their environmental practices in virtual event
14 December 2020
Our Environmental Sustainability laboratory project held a virtual event, hosted jointly by the University of Cambridge, to support sustainable practices in laboratory work.