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3 The SDGs Mapping Exercise at Politecnico di Torino
Energy efficiency strategies and pro-environmental actions have been in place by
PoliTO for almost 20 years, as well as concrete choices of emissions avoided thanks to
the renovation and reuse of historic buildings, the continuous promotion of leadership
and innovation in sustainable technologies, seminars for students and staff aimed
at enhancing a wiser use of our resources. Nevertheless, it has been only in 2015
that the “PoliTO Sustainable Path” was promoted by the vice-rector to logistics and
infrastructures at the institutional level. A dedicated internal team, the “Green Team”
(Fig. 1), was created to support the best international universities in recognizing our
role as drivers of change toward a low-carbon society.
This team is intended to lead the PoliTO towards the university sustainability
mission, as stated in the Horizon 2020 strategic plan: a comprehensive integration
of sustainability into the university research, teaching, outreach and operations that
prepares students, faculty and staff to be sustainability leaders in their professional,
personal and civic lives.
The Green Team of Politecnico di Torino is the hub of skills, material and human
resources and information related to the objectives of sustainable development translated into the university. It coordinates all activities related to the promotion of
sustainability in the University to ensure that the SDGs are integrated into all the
activities of the institution (both educational and awareness and dissemination), and
to align and optimize the way resources are deployed in national and international
projects.
Fig. 1 The Green Team governance model
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3 The SDGs Mapping Exercise at Politecnico di Torino
Energy efficiency strategies and pro-environmental actions have been in place by
PoliTO for almost 20 years, as well as concrete choices of emissions avoided thanks to
the renovation and reuse of historic buildings, the continuous promotion of leadership
and innovation in sustainable technologies, seminars for students and staff aimed
at enhancing a wiser use of our resources. Nevertheless, it has been only in 2015
that the “PoliTO Sustainable Path” was promoted by the vice-rector to logistics and
infrastructures at the institutional level. A dedicated internal team, the “Green Team”
(Fig. 1), was created to support the best international universities in recognizing our
role as drivers of change toward a low-carbon society.
This team is intended to lead the PoliTO towards the university sustainability
mission, as stated in the Horizon 2020 strategic plan: a comprehensive integration
of sustainability into the university research, teaching, outreach and operations that
prepares students, faculty and staff to be sustainability leaders in their professional,
personal and civic lives.
The Green Team of Politecnico di Torino is the hub of skills, material and human
resources and information related to the objectives of sustainable development translated into the university. It coordinates all activities related to the promotion of
sustainability in the University to ensure that the SDGs are integrated into all the
activities of the institution (both educational and awareness and dissemination), and
to align and optimize the way resources are deployed in national and international
projects.
Fig. 1 The Green Team governance model