Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee

Description

Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee (ESSC) is a subcommittee of the Planning and Resource Allocation Committee (PRAC). The subcommittee oversees the implementation of the University’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy which includes a timeline to achieve net zero carbon and become nature positive by 2035. It is responsible for the Oxford Sustainability Fund, overseeing the income and expenditure and making recommendations on the annual budget to PRAC.

Membership and meetings

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Membership as at MT 2026 is as follows

Name	Conditions of Appointment	Until end of
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg	The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Initiatives) who shall chair the subcommittee	ex officio
Dr Debbie Hopkins	The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) (nominee)	ex officio
Dr Leigh Mapledoram	The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) (or nominee)	ex officio
Jo Sibbald	Chief Financial Officer (or nominee)	ex officio
Iain Critchlow	Interim Director of Estates Services	ex officio
Professor David Wallom	One representative of each of the academic divisions with relevant expertise, appointed by the head of each division, respectively	TT 2028
Professor Myles Allen		TT 2027
Professor Peter Scarborough		TT 2027
Professor Amanda Power		TT 2028
Rachel Davies	A representative of Garden, Libraries and Museums with relevant expertise, appointed by the Head of Gardens, Libraries and Museums;	TT 2029
Susan Lawrance	A representative from the Department for Continuing Education with relevant expertise, appointed by the director of the department;	TT 2029
Vacant	A representative of the Conference of Colleges, elected by the Conference of Colleges;
Roxana Rusu	One sabbatical trustee of the Oxford University Student Union	ex officio
Professor Caroline Warman	One of the Proctors or the Assessor as may be agreed between them	ex officio
Lynne Adam	The Chair of the Committee of Domestic Bursars (or nominee)	ex officio
Cait Winter	The Chair of the Committee of Estate Bursars (or nominee)	ex officio
The subcommittee may co-opt up to six additional members with relevant expertise in environmental sustainability who shall hold office for such period as the committee may determine.
Dr Steve Smith		TT 2029
Dr Joseph Bull		TT 2028
Professor Tim Schwanen		TT 2027
Dr Nick Leimu-Brown		TT 2029
Professor EJ Milner-Gulland		TT 2027
Kate Mavor CBE		TT 2027
Secretary: Planning and Council Secretariat (Genieve Boon)

Attending Officers

Tom Heel
Ed Wigzell
Isobel Hughes
Joanne Murraybrown
Nick Riley
Vered Balan
Dr Katherine Allen
Paul Cross
Molly Hawes
Emma Eatough
Genieve Boon (Secretary)

Michaelmas term 2026

Date	Time
Tuesday 13 October	14.00 - 16.00
Tuesday 1 December	14.00 – 16.00

Hilary term 2027

Date	Time
Tuesday 26 January	14.00 – 16.00
Tuesday 16 March	15.00 - 17.00

Trinity term 2027

Date	Time
Tuesday 4 May	14.00 - 16.00
Tuesday 22 June	15.00 - 17.00

Regulations

Regulations of the Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee

Documents

Contact

Genieve Boon
Senior Planning Officer (Planning)
Planning and Council Secretariat
[email protected]

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