Terms of Reference 

April 2023 

Imperial College London is working to improve the sustainability and lower the environmental impact of its operations. This includes lowering our consumption of energy, water and plastics, monitoring and guiding our purchases of products and services so that they meet our emerging sustainability criteria, as well as improving the biodiversity of our campuses. The remit of the Faculty of Natural Sciences Sustainability Committee is to improve Faculty operations and processes in this regard and ensure alignment with the overall university sustainability transition. 

The committee will: 

• Engage with and report to Imperial's Sustainability Strategy Committee. 
• Be a source of cascading information on and promotion of sustainability across the Faculty, working with Departments and the central College teams. 
• Identify key sustainability indicators and hotspots requiring priority action. 
• Gather and disseminate best practice examples and promote sustainability as a mainstream practice across the Faculty. 
• Work with key stakeholders across the university and the Faculty to quantify greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions across the Faculty. 
• Conduct high-level monitoring of Faculty progress towards attaining sustainability goals. 
• Make recommendations on changes to reduce emissions, including but not limited to policies, processes and infrastructure. 
• Report to FMC on sustainability issues and progress against attaining Faculty goals.
  

The committee meets once per term.   

Membership 

• Professor Jem Woods (Chair) 
• 1x representative from each FoNS Department (e.g. Chair of departmental sustainability committees, staff (including technical staff) with input to or oversight of significant department operations or facilities, staff (including research staff) with other significant links to sustainability) 
• Representative(s) from Property and Major Projects
  
• Faculty Operating Officer 
• FoNS Project Manager(s) 
• Any other representatives from the College Sustainability Strategy Committee as required