University of California–Los Angeles

College Sustainability Report Card 2007

The University of California system has committed to a goal of reducing emissions to 2000 levels by 2010, 1990 levels by 2020, and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The Campus Sustainability Committee at UCLA works to implement campus-specific initiatives. In 2006, the chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, signed a sustainability charter, committing the school to a leadership role in building a “culture of sustainability.” UCLA has a campus environmental planner and is establishing the position of director of campus sustainability.

The University of California system Board of Regents voted to install 10 megawatts of solar energy across all of its campuses. To put the scope of this endeavor into perspective, 52 megawatts of solar energy are currently grid-connected across the entire country. The UC system clean energy policy commits the system to purchasing renewable energy equal to 10 percent of all new building and renovation energy needs. This number will increase to 20 percent by 2017. An Energy Star program covers all appliance purchases, and energy conservation efforts have been widespread, with a goal of reducing campus energy use by at least 10 percent by 2014. The University has also joined the California Climate Action Registry in order to report their greenhouse gas emissions.

The University system has mandated that its purchasing department develop a plan for incorporating local, organic, sustainably grown foods for consumption at all campuses. Groundskeeping waste is recycled or used as mulch, and the UCLA's recycling program even includes rock from construction sites, which is reused as roadbed.

All new building and renovation projects within the University of California system will be LEED-certified at a minimum, with every available effort taken towards LEED Silver certification. All laboratories will be built according to Lab21 standards. The new building to house UCLA's Institute of the Environment, La Kretz Hall, is due to receive LEED Silver certification and will be the campus's first LEED-certified structure. Three more are in the design phase and will be LEED-registered.

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

UCLA 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.

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