1.0+CSR+and+Sustainability

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__Objectives: "__ To continue to position the college, its students and staff as leaders in environmental stewardship and foster a green culture." [] __ Performance indicators: __ ===== ==== __CSR policies:__ The corporate social responsibility concludes a business voluntarily adopts to minimize negative impacts on their environment. Such as, providing equity in the workplace, employing risk management programs and providing financial transparency. ====
 * || ==== Short-term ==== || ==== Long-term ==== ||
 * ==== Green Architecture ==== ||  || ==== Y ==== ||
 * ==== Green Business Management ==== ||  || ==== Y ==== ||
 * ==== Water and Waste Water Technician ==== || ==== Y ==== ||  ||
 * ==== Construction Carpentry ==== ||  || ==== Y ==== ||
 * ==== Forestry Technician ==== || ==== Y ==== ||  ||

//** What is the organization doing to live up to the strategy? **//
==== Algonquin College is fully responsible to being an institution with three principles of sustainability, such as, people, planet and profits. Algonquin tries to incorporate environmental, social and economic sustainability in its research, teaching and operations. ====

//** What have they done in the past and what are they doing now? **//

 * ==== In January, 2009, sustainable Algonquin launched the Algonquin Sustainability Strategy Project. ====
 * ==== Algonquin College hosts Canada’s largest corporate and community social responsibility conference in Nov 23, 2009. ====
 * ==== During the entire month of April, 2010, Algonquin employees demonstrated their commitment through the champions of sustainability to as sustainable Algonquin. ====
 * ==== "Algonquin launched an Energy Performance Contract in early 2006 - an initiative to upgrade existing campus infrastructure in order to improve building performance and achieve significant decreases in power consumption.” [] ====
 * ==== Nowadays, Algonquin College operates its sustainable building ‘Algonquin College Centre’, and it is uniquely green building for sustainable construction. ====

//** What are media and NGOs saying about the organization? **//
==== Vice president of government relations TELUS, Mike Sangster said: "The great wisdom of the Algonquin Green Business Management Program is that it is an advocate for where the business world is headed, rather than where it has already been.” [] ==== ==== "IAMGOLD Corporation reports that at the November 16th gala dinner of annual Corporate and Community Social Responsibility Conference at Algonquin College in Ottawa IAMGOLD was awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility award. The conference is convened to celebrate and showcase excellence in the area of Social, Economic and Environmental sustainability. The driving force behind the conference is Algonquin institutions." ====