Blue Sky Institute supports ongoing efforts to measure the University’s social, environmental and economic impacts through sustainability reporting and community impact assessments completed annually at the college level. Currently, the College of Business and Economics (COBE), College of Health Sciences (COHS) and School of Public Service (SPS) are measuring and transparently reporting on their impacts.
Each report is student-led and student-driven, providing the opportunity to learn three different sustainability reporting frameworks, involvement in conducting a materiality assessment, data collection and analysis, and hands-on experience driving change at the college level using stakeholder feedback. Video Transcript
Blue Sky’s sustainability reports begin with a student-led materiality assessment with three main stakeholder groups of each College. These groups include students, faculty and staff, and external stakeholders. From there, the student reporting team finalizes its reporting topics and begins collecting and analyzing data. Students write and compile each college’s report, and findings are presented to each college’s leadership team with recommendations of improvement. Recommendations are approved and students are provided the opportunity to work with campus leadership to implement report recommendations.
Since 2014, COBE has published an annual sustainability report; and since 2016, COHS has published an annual sustainability report. SPS welcomed its inaugural report in 2018.
To access COBE, COHS and SPS sustainability reports, please visit Boise State ScholarWorks.
For more information about our student-led sustainability reports and how to support our efforts, please email us at blueskyinstitute@boisestate.edu.
To access our sustainability reports, please visit Boise State ScholarWorks.
