Green Workplace Certification
Have an impact and set a culture of sustainability at NYU.
NYU's Green Workplace Certification is a self-reporting program for administrators to receive recognition for improving the sustainability of their workplaces.
About the Program
The Green Workplace Certification Checklist consists of operational changes and actions relating to electronics and equipment, purchasing, food and pantry set-up, waste management, travel and transportation, conference attendance, and remote work. Every action has a point value that has been determined according to relative environmental impact and ease of implementation.
Eligibility
If you're interested in applying for certification on behalf of your office, please obtain approval from your supervisor or unit head. Your approver should approve you and/or a colleague as the Green Workplace lead, who is responsible for submitting the Green Workplace Certification spreadsheet. The “workplace” should be defined in the submission and can refer to an office or a department.
How to Submit
Download the Checklist
Make a copy of the spreadsheet to edit
Complete the Checklist
Fill out your workplace information on all three sheets (Sheet 1: Overview, Sheet 2: Select answers, Sheet 3: Register innovative actions)
Submit your Checklist and Supervisor Approval
Submit your spreadsheet to sustainability@nyu.edu. Include written approval from your supervisor.
Certified Workplaces
The Office of Sustainability will review submissions and award a score of Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum to the workplace. Certification lasts for two years.
2022
PLATINUM
NYU Abu Dhabi's Office of the Vice Chancellor
Green Workplace Lead: Moza Al Nuaimi
Investment Office
Green Workplace Lead: Marie Birman
NYU IT (Offices located at 105 E. 17 St, 2nd and 4th floors, 10 Astor Place, 4th floor, and 1 Metrotech Center, 22nd floor)
Green Workplace Lead: Oscar Apaydinli
Procurement & Payables (+ Campus Services and IT located at 105 E. 17th St., 2nd floor)
Green Workplace Leads: Sheri Shafir and Justin Szypot
Urban Future Lab
Green Workplace Lead: Mary Ellen Beaudreau
GOLD
SPS Division of Programs in Business (recertified from 2021)
Green Workplace Leads: Evy Fung, Chantal Gomes, and Catherine Tartaglia
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Green Workplace Leads: Pat Eaton and Tia Chhor
2021
PLATINUM
University Human Resources/ES&S PeopleLink & Financelink
Green Workplace Leads: Seamus Mullin and Mirta Salomon
CERTIFIED
Liberal Studies
Green Workplace Lead: Danika Lâm