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Greening the campus as a community

The pandemic couldn’t stop the York community from working toward sustainability on its campuses. Collaboratively, the Office of Sustainability, Facilities Services and Regenesis@York, a student environmental group, held tree planting events on the Keele and Glendon campuses during the 2021-2022 academic year.   “We had to follow institutional protocols to get approval for the events, putting […]

Smarter supply chain management

Traditionally, supply chain management is about efficiently making goods and services available to customers. After years of supply disruption, climate change and social and geopolitical conflict, this task demands more of organizations if they are to be responsible, resilient and prosperous.   For example, the Centre for Sustainable Supply Chains is a recognized Centre of Excellence […]

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

York University is proud to be an institution that changes with the times, and that includes its energy management strategy.  As concerns about climate change grow, York plans to shift its electricity supply toward the 93 per cent emission-free Ontario power grid and away from onsite electricity production at the co-generation plant that consumes natural […]