Responsible purchasing and waste sorting
UNIL's purchases of goods (excluding laboratory equipment and consumables) are responsible for 7% of the university's CO2 eq. emissions, as well as 33% of its impact on global biodiversity (in 2019).
This is an important item, the impact of which is difficult to quantify due to the wide variety of products purchased. The ongoing digitisation of administrative processes, particularly in the area of purchasing, will make it possible to obtain more accurate data on the nature of the purchases made.
The issue of purchasing is currently being addressed on a sector-by-sector basis, with projects underway in the areas of digital sobriety and laboratories.
Modernising purchasing processes
UNIL has launched the TransNUM initiative to accelerate the digitisation of the institution's administrative processes. This initiative includes the UNIFIE project, which should lead to more efficient management of financial processes.
These are important foundations for implementing responsible purchasing processes.
To find out more about TransNUM, read the interview with Rector Frédéric Hermann in the Uniscope.
Waste collection and sorting
For several years now, UNIL has been setting up channels to collect and recycle as much of the waste produced on campus as possible. Each building has a sorting centre and 25 different types of material are collected: paper, cardboard, glass, iron, aluminium, PET, polystyrene, neon, coffee capsules, kitchen waste, toner cartridges, electronic equipment, etc.