Our commitment to sustainability relies upon a strong, collaborative network of staff for the achievement of our 2035 Net Zero carbon targets. Alongside our dedicated Sustainability Team below, we work with a wide network of people from across the university to collate, implement and publicise our broader sustainability work that goes beyond carbon.
Our sustainability team
Professor Simon Guy, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Sustainability
“Environmental Sustainability has been at the heart of Lancaster University since its foundation with a mission to tackle global environmental challenges both through our teaching and research and our own campus and operations. We're proud that we are now the largest producer of renewable energy of all UK Universities (according to HESA) and are now focused on meeting the challenges of the climate emergency.”
Professor Simon Guy
Professor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global (Digital, International, Sustainability)Evaluation, Imagination Lancaster
Sustainability Team
Sustainability team members and staff from across the university where sustainability is a key focus of their role.
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Dr Georgiana Allison
Head of Sustainability
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Jonathan Mills
Carbon, Environment & Sustainability Manager
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Natalie Bauer
Sustainability Marketing & Communications Officer
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Darren Wilkinson
Sustainability Coordinator
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Avery Chong
Energy Manager
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Louisa Duff
Marketing & Communications Manager - Sustainable Facilities and Campus
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Jack Hughes
Marketing & Communications Coordinator - Sustainable Facilities/Green Lancaster
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Emily Rawcliffe
ReStore Lancaster Manager
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Student interns and projects
Every year we have several paid student interns or student's working on academic projects, that work on various sustainability projects across the University. The current students are:
- Kai Clish - Paid internship looking at Lancaster Univerity's scope 3 emissions
- Emily Brown - Project looking at plant-based food on campus
- Alex Penn - Master's project looking at biodiversity on campus
Governance Teams
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A group of stakeholders that are working towards sustainability and environmental projects at Lancaster University. This includes Senior Leadership, energy and environment managers and faculty sustainability champions. The monthly meeting is chaired by Professor Simon Guy, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global and has inputs from all areas of the university to progress sustainability at Lancaster.
Representatives from: facilities, marketing, faculty sustainability representatives, commercial, estates, curriculum, Green Lancaster, procurement, finance, student services, library and the Lancaster Environment Centre.
Each faculty has a sustainability engagement group that works on ideas to improving sustainability within their faculty - from faculty operations to research and teaching.
A group of people from across the University that works on ideas to improve sustainability within commercial services - from food on campus. to the sports centre and the Preschool.
Started in early 2023, this is a group looking at actions to reduce our Scope 3 emissions. Featuring members of staff from Procurement, Finance, Communications, IT and Sustainability.