Carleton College

College Sustainability Report Card 2007

In the spring of 2006, the Carleton College committed itself to a goal of carbon neutrality, with no specific deadline. The College's Sustainability Program works with the Environmental Advisory Committee to advance campus sustainability issues, which have involved green building, the carbon-neutrality policy, and the installation of a 1.65-megawatt wind turbine near campus.

The College is tied with the University of Minnesota, Morris for having the second-largest university wind power installation, with a 1.65-megawatt wind turbine near campus. Other energy conservation efforts have included closer monitoring of the heating and cooling systems, and lighting retrofits.

The College has a partnership with Food Alliance Midwest and has contracts with seven vendors from the Alliance, which supply the school with local foods. One-hundred percent organic flour is also used in all baking. The Students Organizing for the Protection of the Environment played an integral role in developing the food waste composting program, which has expanded to off-campus housing, as well.

While the College is not enrolled in the LEED program, it has developed its own sustainable design guidelines that incorporate a point system mimicking the LEED guidelines and evaluate buildings based on 50 different categories. The College has incorporated several sustainable processes into the construction and design of its buildings, and students recently installed a green roof with 78 varieties of local plant life.

The College has no known policy of disclosure of endowment holdings or its shareholder voting record.

The College prioritizes investing to maximize profit and has not made any public statements about investigating or investing in renewable energy funds or community development loan funds.

The College has not made any public statements about active ownership or a proxy voting policy.