Dr Valeria Andreoni awarded with Sustainability Fund

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The University of Liverpool have set a mission to be a leader in sustainability in the University sector. In its strategy the University sets out that it will do this by halving waste by 2025; meeting net zero carbon by 2035; and providing the option for every student to undertake sustainable learning or an extra-curricular activity, amongst other ambitions.

Achieving these aims and furthering our commitment to the UN Sustainable Development goals (UN SDGs) requires the imagination, commitment, and action, of staff right across the University. Recently, the University asked colleagues to submit bids for funding for projects between £10,000-£100,000 which will bring the University closer to meeting its sustainability ambitions and the focus.

With plenty of applications received, here at the University of Management School we are pleased to announce that Dr Valeria Andreoni, Senior Lecturer in Economics, was awarded £11,400 as part of the 2022 Sustainability Fund. The funding came in multiple tranches with the foci for the 2021-2022 are projects which:

  • Achieve the ambitions of the University’s Sustainability Strategy: It is expected that these will be one of the three ambitions of meeting net zero carbon by 2035, reducing waste by 50%, or providing sustainable learning for students.
  • Reduce the University’s Scope Three Emissions: These are activities including business travel, employee commuting, transportation and distribution, the purchase of goods and services, and investments.
  • Align to the UN SDGs: These are likely to be very specific activities which highlight the University’s sustainability credentials against one of, or multiple, of the UN SDGs. Programmes applying under this header should be specific which aim it will achieve.

Valeria said:

“My proposal was submitted to the 2022 Sustainability Fund and I pleased to be awarded with £11,400. My project aims to provide a set of education for sustainable development initiatives based on the use of the 2030 SDGs game.

“Simulating the world outcome in 2030, the SDGs game is particularly suitable to connect a wide range of interdisciplinary expertise and to enhance reflections and debate around responsibility of actions and interconnectivities of the SDGs.”

Find out more about sustainability at University of Liverpool here or find out about the other 2022 Sustainability Award winners and their projects here.