Environmental and sustainability work at SLU Aqua

Last changed: 14 January 2022

The Department of Aquatic Resources and SLU are environmentally certified according to the environmental standard ISO 14001.

Information about SLU's environmental work is presented here. 

SLU affects the environment directly through our use of resources, travels, emissions etc. However, we can also influence the environment indirectly through our unique expertise in the area.

The Department of Aquatic Resources works systematically in favour of the environment. We make continuous efforts to reduce the department's negative environmental impact by setting environmental goals and making improvement measures. The work is carried out by employees, the environmental coordinator, environmental representatives and Aqua's management.

Newsletters and information from the environmental group at SLU Aqua

Nowadays we include newsletters from the environmental group in the SLU Aqua newsletter.

Newsletters

Here you can find older newsletters from the environmental group at SLU Aqua (Sharepoint)

Presentations

Here you will find presentations about SLU Aqua's and SLU's environmental work (Sharepoint).

SLU’s Environmental handbook

As of 2021, SLU has one joint environmental certificate. This means that a large part of the documentation and processes are SLU-common.

In SLU's environmental handbook, you find all routines and documents that apply to the university's activities.

 

 

SLU Aqua’s additional environmental objectives

In addition to SLU's environmental objectives SLU Aqua has local environmental goals, determined by the department management in dialog with the environmental coordinator and environmental representatives.

Results 2024

Environmental targets for business travel (expired in 2023)

  • Environmental target, for international flights: CO2 equivalent emissions from international flights to be reduced by 10% from 2019 to 2023. The environmental target has expired and there is no new target.
    2024: CO2 equivalent emissions from international flights have decreased by 13% during 2019-2024.

Environmental monitoring and assessment and education

  • Increase the number of publications from SLU Aqua's EMA activities. All publications from the department's EMA activities will be registered in SLU Pub and the number of scientific publications will increase by 1% per year (starting with 2017 data)
    2024: target not evaluated.
  • Annually examine at least 10 degree projects at undergraduate or advanced level.
    2024: 9 graduates (5 additional registered graduates after New Year).

  • Have at least 15 registered students on each of our courses.
    2024: target not met (27 registered; 9; 5 on each course).

  • The department will graduate an average of 3 PhD students per year, from 2019 to 2025.
    To be evaluated in 2026

Communication

  • Annually get an average of 55 media clips per month
    (target needs to be evaluated/updated).
    2024: number of media clips not achieved (21).       

Aqua’s environmental objectives, that expired in 2020

Reducing environmental impact from Energy consumption, with 2% per m2 and employee (2015-2020)
Achieved: Reduced by 31 % (2015-2020)

Reducing CO2 emission from domestic travel, with 10% per employee (2016-2020)
Achieved: Reduced by 86 % (2016-2019)

The use of video meetings will increase with 10% (2016-2020)
Achieved: Aqua’s increase 2016-2018 was 267 %

Reducing paper consumption, with 10% per employee (2017-2020)
Reduced by 24 % (2016-2018) (statistics for 2019-2020 are not comparable)

SLU Aqua-specific documents

SLU Aqua has some documents that are unique for Aqua, that you find here

Report non-conformities and leave improvement proposals

Contact

Maja Reizenstein, environmental coordinator
Department of aquatic resources, SLU
maja.reizenstein@slu.se, +46 (0)10-478 42 40