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Two NTU nominations for prestigious Green Gown Award

Nottingham Trent University’s Sustainability in Enterprise initiative has been highlighted as sector leading for benefitting society and colleague Sheri Scott has been recognised as a sustainable staff champion.

    SiE and Sheri

    Members of the Sustainability in Enterprise Team and Sheri Scott were both finalists for Green Gown Awards

    In November, colleagues from NTU’s Sustainability in Enterprise project along with senior lecturer Sheri Scott represented NTU at the Finals of the prestigious Green Gown Awards. The awards showcased exceptional sustainability initiatives undertaken in universities across the UK & Ireland.

    Recognised in the Benefitting Society category, the Sustainability in Enterprise project supported over 200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Greater Nottingham between 2021-2023, helping them on their journey to Net Zero and reducing annual carbon emissions by almost 1,000 tonnes.

    Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), SiE allowed NTU consultants and over 200 NTU students to help businesses fully understand their current carbon emissions, create life cycle analysis of products, identify effective carbon reduction measures, and provide sustainable retrofit and design guidance. The project further supported 31 carbon grants for businesses and the salary of sustainability-based roles for graduates via the SiE Talent Grant.

    They were joined by colleague Sheri Scott, Senior Lecturer from the School of Science and Technology, who won "Highly Commended" in the category of “Staff Champion”. Sheri was recognised for a myriad of ways she has incorporated sustainability into her work, from leading the development of a clinical laboratory sustainable network with Centres for Sustainable Healthcare to joining the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine as a core member of their 'Green Lab' Taskforce.

    Sheri has delivered bespoke learning package to dozens of NHS trusts, professional events and conferences and facilitated national Clinical LEAF Pilots. Sheri is an advocate for both continual professional development and sustainability and it is within this capacity that she leads Education for Sustainable Development for Biosciences and has helped secure CSH Beacon Site status for Nottingham Trent University.

    Sheri stated " Im delighted to have been recognised by my peers as someone that is making a difference, it really means a lot to me as a practice-based lecturer. I feel a professional and personal responsibility for protecting the environment and want to develop and help others to do the same".

    The nominations build upon the global recognition of Nottingham Trent University’s sustainability credentials. The University was ranked 2nd in the world in the UI Green metrics (2022) and has previously won the Outstanding Leadership Team of the Year (2019) and Sustainable Campus Health, Food and Drink (2021) at the Green Gown Awards.

    Published on 3 November 2022
    • Category: Environment and sustainability