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Table 4 Performance
indicators of university
sustainability actions
Indicators
Teaching
Awareness of students and teachers
Evaluations of students on courses and
concepts of sustainability
Number of needy students who enter the HEI
Number of actions proposed by students
Number of works done by students
Research with students to verify knowledge
about sustainability
Identify the reflection of the discipline
sustainability in the career orientation of
alumni
Presence of discipline in the curriculum of the
courses
Research
Researches on sustainability (other
companies)
Viable sustainability projects
Number of final paper/thesis/dissertation
regarding sustainability
Positive image research
Outreach
Community assessments of HEI involvement
Company’s participation on the board
Number of lectures for the community
Number of effective partnerships
Number of students/schools registered in
actions with HEI, who participated in activities
Management
Economic viability
Involvement with the sustainable issue
Waste generated (tons)
Programs created (participants and diversity)
Trained people (quantity)
Reducing consumption, saving resources
(water, energy, glasses, paper)
Financial indicators, which can provide
indications of cost reduction
Acceptance of implemented ideas/changes
Re-adjustment of contracts with suppliers
Social responsibility
Organization’s image (HEI)
Source Results from the study, 2017
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Table 4 Performance
indicators of university
sustainability actions
Indicators
Teaching
Awareness of students and teachers
Evaluations of students on courses and
concepts of sustainability
Number of needy students who enter the HEI
Number of actions proposed by students
Number of works done by students
Research with students to verify knowledge
about sustainability
Identify the reflection of the discipline
sustainability in the career orientation of
alumni
Presence of discipline in the curriculum of the
courses
Research
Researches on sustainability (other
companies)
Viable sustainability projects
Number of final paper/thesis/dissertation
regarding sustainability
Positive image research
Outreach
Community assessments of HEI involvement
Company’s participation on the board
Number of lectures for the community
Number of effective partnerships
Number of students/schools registered in
actions with HEI, who participated in activities
Management
Economic viability
Involvement with the sustainable issue
Waste generated (tons)
Programs created (participants and diversity)
Trained people (quantity)
Reducing consumption, saving resources
(water, energy, glasses, paper)
Financial indicators, which can provide
indications of cost reduction
Acceptance of implemented ideas/changes
Re-adjustment of contracts with suppliers
Social responsibility
Organization’s image (HEI)
Source Results from the study, 2017