Environmental Management

• Limit the environmental impact of the university's operations
• Raise awareness and support staff and students in terms of sustainable development
• Implementing, monitoring and completing the GHG strategy for reducing GHG emissions
• Finalize and deploy the mobility action plan 
• Pursue action on responsible purchasing 
• Engage in a debate on the University's consumption and the responsible event 

A sustainable development fund was set up at the end of 2019 as part of the Dauphine Durable Program.

Launched by the Dauphine Foundation and replenished by the university, this fund is intended to finance projects started by students and/or staff as well as to support common-good projects related to sustainable development and the university's environmental impact.

An initial call for proposals was issued in October 2019, and a dozen projects were launched on topics such as responsible digitalization, ridesharing, trips taken by research professors, consumption of paper and plastic, and the university's greening strategies.

The environmental responsibility of the campus is based on actions aimed at reducing consumption of resources - materials and energy - and limiting production of waste and greenhouse gas emissions.

Today, it is being carried out in a context of campus transformation with a vast renovation and construction site for a new building.

The renovation of the campus will take into account elements such as the management of classrooms with the regulation of heating and electricity, the possible uses of the building roofs, the current installation of hoops for 112 bicycle spaces, the reservation of parking spaces for electric vehicles or for bicycles, the enlargement of parking space, and the installation of electrical terminals. 

Minimizing our environmental impact

As part of the Dauphine Durable program, this transformation project also aims to reduce the campus’ impact on the environment. Building materials will therefore be sourced from short supply chains, while in terms of furniture, options that support the circular economy will be preferred.

In terms of energy efficiency, the renovation works will improve the building’s heat and sound insulation, and will reduce its energy consumption by 50%. To this end, the university will be connected to the Parisian Urban Heating Company (CPCU)’s network, which sources half of its energy from renewables and heat recovery systems.

It should also be noted that planting in and around the sunken garden and on the terraces will contribute to biodiversity on campus. Finally, while the works are underway, a minimum of 75% of waste from clearing and demolition will be recycled or repurposed.

Numerous projects relating to the management and recovery of waste are underway. These include selective sorting with the set-up of 26 voluntary drop-off points in the university corridors, sorting and recycling of paper and cardboard, and the collection of batteries and Nespresso capsules.  In 2018, our service provider TriEthic collected 6,016 kg of materials, 99.8% of which were recycled. Ink cartridges are also entrusted to two service providers, Osilog and Colibi, for a total of more than 1,000 kg.  

Furniture waste is subject to measures aimed at limiting this waste and encouraging the reuse of furniture either within the university to equip Dauphine's offices or via donations to staff or associations. In 2018, 31 Dauphinois and 1 association benefited from these donations. Unusable furniture is removed by an approved service provider. 

Waste products from electrical and electronic equipment are subject to great vigilance. The reuse of obsolete but functioning materials is ensured through donations to staff or schools. Thus, 38 workstations were given to Dauphine personnel benefiting from social action and 26 workstations were given to a school located in the Priority Education Network. Equipment out of working order is taken care of by an approved service provider. 

Finally, sorting tables have been installed at the CROUS and bio-waste has been handled since May 2019 by the association Love Your Waste. For the month of September 2019, for example, 2,456 kg of bio-waste were collected and recovered to produce 369 m3 of renewable gas and 2,211 kg of natural agricultural fertilizer. 

This is a very important issue in our University given the high amount of our purchases. In fact, it is the first item in the BEGES. Public procurement is in fact a very strong potential lever and our institution is considering how to include environmental and social criteria in future contracts. In 2018, these initiatives were integrated into 6 markets for a total of 1.3 million and our global purchases carried an SD label or environmental certification in the amount of 2 million. 

In the same vein, a new travel policy came into force in 2019 with provisions to promote rail rather than air travel, green-stamped hotels, as well as hybrid vehicles for rental cars. The travel service provider must now make available the information needed to monitor and calculate the carbon footprint of travel. 

The internal training plan proposes, for example, to the staff and students of Dauphine to participate in a fresco for the climate. This is a collective intelligence scientific workshop to understand the issues of the climate emergency, discover the functioning of climate, as well as the causes and consequences of its disruption. The goal is to enable everyone to comprehend the importance and urgency of taking action, and to contribute to ecological transition. To date, 130 students have taken these workshops. 

Raising awareness also involves organizing events on the subject.  Thus, in March 2019, as part of Dauphine's 50th anniversary celebration, a conference entitled "Carbon Neutrality on What Horizon" was held in partnership with the Climate Economics Chair to initiate debate with the entire Dauphine community on the IPCC report. Another example is an exhibit of photos "Water, Air, Fire: Showcasing Climate Change" in collaboration with National Geographic, which was presented at Dauphine in March 2019. The objective was to show the diversity of changes underway and to propose a dialogue between scientific advances and climate phenomena that foreshadow future developments.