Internal Environmental Audit weeks 43-44
The annual internal environmental audit is carried out during v.43 and v.45. Audits are carried out to confirm that the operations live up to the requirements of the environmental management standard ISO 14001: 2015 and Ordinance (2009: 907) environmental management in government agencies. The audit aims to identify areas for improvement.
The focus areas for this year's internal environmental audit are:
- Sustainability requirements in the procurement of consulting services regarding support for the implementation of a course.
- Operating systems to support the work of following up KTH's environmental and climate goals: System Support Wisum (IT products), System Support Wisum and Klara (Chemicals), System Support Edge (Research), System Support Pythagoras (Property).
- Vice Presidents' support in connection with the follow-up of KTH's sustainability objectives and climate objectives.
More information about the internal environmental audit Sustainable living – What can we do? 15 oct The climate crisis – Who should take responsibility? You, me, or someone else? What can I do to reverse climate change? Welcome to the opening of an interactive site-specific art installation in the Library Hall. Artist Annika Oskarsson participates and will make a presentation of her work. Time: October 15 , 14.30 - 15.15
Place: The Entrance Hall, KTH Main Library
Please note that the presentation is held in Swedish. Future Campus Challenge - Deadline 15 Oct Let's make campus life better for all!
Future Campus Challenge is now open! KTH Innovation and Akademiska hus are looking for 100 new ideas for better campus life. Submit your idea today, or join the Slack channel for inspiration and ideation! Learn more here
Innovations for a sustainable fashion industry, deadline 20 Oct
Do you have an early-stage innovation or research result that can help transform the fashion and apparel industry into one that is truly sustainable? Apply for the Global Change Award before 20 October. Five innovative and ground-breaking ideas share a 1 million euro grant and each earn a place in the tailor-made GCA Impact Accelerator.
Learn more at KTH innovation Product Design in a Circular Economy, 27 oct CE@KTH is delighted to invite you to attend the webinar “Product Design in a Circular Economy” with Conny Bakker who is a professor of Design Methodology for Sustainability and Circular Economy at TU Delft, faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.
- 11:30-12:00 pre-seminar networking session (drop-in)
- 12:00-13:00 webinar with Prof. Conny Bakker
- 13:00-13:30 post-seminar networking session
Digital event.
More information and registration KTH Sustainability Research Day, 9 nov Läget för klimatet är akut, det visar den senaste rapporten från IPCC. På årets KTH Sustainability Research Day får du träffa forskare på KTH som söker lösningar för klimatomställningen, samt beslutsfattare och organisationer som samverkar med KTH om hur klimatomställningen kan göras till verklighet. Vi välkomnar alla som intresserar sig för den roll forskningen spelar för att nå klimatomställning och en hållbar samhällsutveckling.
Datum: 9 nov, kl:13.00-17.00 (efterföljande mingel)
Plats: Ångdomen KTH Biblioteket Max antal platser: 75personer.
Dagen kommer att livesändas
Mer information och anmälan FORMAS: Urgent call 2021 – Ensuring the future availability of data or research materials Open access to research data helps to accelerate research by giving more researchers the opportunity to use and build on the material. In this urgent call, the availability of the research data produced in the projects is vital.
Read more at Formas.se, deadline 28 October 2021 |