Our sustainability strategy
The University is integrating sustainability into its 8 core policies, starting with operations. Following on from this, delivery plans for each policy area will set out how the University will action its key objectives.
Governance
To provide direction and governance for the delivery of sustainability within the University, we have established a steering group called the Napier Group.
The aim of the Napier Group is to act as the strategic group that oversees, monitors and guides the delivery of sustainability ‘strategy’ across the University. The group reports to the Executive Board as necessary.
The Napier group is made up of:
Professor Bob Nichol
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Martin Wiles
Head of Sustainability (Estates)
The Napier Group will also play a strategic role in delivering the net zero carbon (NZC) plan for scopes 1 & 2 and the scope 3 delivery plan. The group sits along side a University strategic programme board for NZC, which has a sub-board made up of both University of Surrey staff and staff from SSE. Under that will come workstream boards comprising of 8 boards for each of the 8 points of the NZC plan, plus specific project boards for projects like the solar farm.
Programme board structure
Details of the structure below, including membership of the strategic board:
| Role | Name | Key responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| COO | Will Davies | Chair Programme Board & Programme Sponsor |
| Pro-VC, Executive Dean (FEPS) | Prof Bob Nichol | EB sponsor |
| Head of Sustainability | Martin Wiles | NZC lead |
| Director of Estates | Marco Holness | To help mobilise estates functions to deliver NZC |
| Head of Built Environment | Adrian Richardson-Smith | To help project management of NZC, provide admin and support for board |
| Senior Procurement Officer | Nick Jones | To help manage procurement of NZC with energy partner. |
| Senior Financial Officer | Ian Prebble | To review and challenge financial costs of projects |
| Senior Legal Officer | TBC | To help advise on legal issues within contracts and projects |
| Energy Manager | Andrew Harman | To support Head of Sustainability |
Student representation
Members of the SU sabbatical team are on a number of committees that scrutinise the University's strategic planning, finances, estates operations and academic mission. These include:
- Council (strategic decision making which includes oversight of finance, estates, planning etc) - President of the SU
- Finance committee (sub-committee of Council) - President of the SU
- Senate (sub-committee of Council with responsibility for academic mission of the University and strategic decisions pertaining to the academic mission) - President of the SU, VP Voice
- Surrey Sports Park Board (subsidiary board that looks at the Surrey Sports Park estate, planning, finance and strategic decision making) - President of the SU, VP Activity
See full details of the committees.