UCC won first prize in the Green Public Sector Organisation of the Year category.
While the Library Sustainability team was shortlisted for the category Sustainability Team of the Year, we congratulate Dawn Meats, who claimed the top prize.
Pakman Finalists!
UCC Library was shortlisted as a finalist for the 2018 Packman Awards.
The Packman awards are the annual awards for excellence in Waste Management and Recycling, organised by the Repak Group.
Congratulations to the winners, Cup Print, the Ennis based manufacturer of compostable cups.
It was a huge achievement to be shortlisted and even better because we were the only third-level institution on this list.
A big Thank You to all involved.
Irish Education Awards 2018
The Green Energy/Sustainability team were delighted to receive the Best Library Team award at the Education Awards ceremony held in Dublin on 19th April 2018.
Cork Environmental Forum 2017
The UCC Library Sustainability Team won the “Best Public Sector” category in the Cork Environmental Forum Annual Awards Ceremony in December 2017. The judges commented that the campaign was “inspiring” and the award represented “an outstanding contribution to sustainability in Cork City and County through partnership and participation in the promotion of environmental care.”
UCC Green Campus
The campaign, in no small way, contributed to UCC being named the 9th “greenest” university globally in the UI Green Metric World University Rankings for 2017, 2018 and 2019. The ethos of the Sustainable Development Goals to “think globally: act locally,” is fundamental to this campaign and has been embraced by staff and students.
Another key achievement is the collaboration channels that have opened up between the library and other departments across the university e.g. Buildings & Estates, the Students' Union, but also between local groups such as the Cork Environmental Forum and the Conscious Cup Campaign.
Three other major UCC campus sites are now signing up to the “Saver Saves” scheme. This includes the university’s main quad, which is the base for UCC’s senior management team. Having watched the success of the Library campaign, these sites are putting together their own teams to drive action in their locale.
