• ISO 14001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for an effective environmental management system.  It provides a framework that an organization can follow, rather than establishing environmental performance requirements.
• This management system helps James Cook University on:
  • Improve resource efficiency
  • Reduce waste
  • Drive down costs
  • Provide assurance that environmental impact is being measured
  • Meet legal obligations Improve overall environmental impact
  • Environmental tips
• What we have done:
  • Electricity
    • All staircases are fitted with LED lightings and light sensors
    • Air-conditioning are put on timers
• Water
  • JCUS is a PUB certified Water Efficiency Building, fitted with water efficient fittings or appliances
• Others
  • No Straw on campus
  • Recycling bins located campus wide
  • ECO Office, accredited by Singapore Environment Council
  • ECO F&B, accredited by Singapore Environment Council
  • SG Clean, accredited by NEA
  • JCUS is a non-smoking campus
  • Only using FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified paper from responsible source

We welcome ideas and inputs from students to save our earth. Please email to facilities-singapore@jcu.edu.au

• By attaining the Eco-Office Certification, it affirms our staff and students that James Cook University is taking a serious and firm stance in implementing effective environmentally-friendly practices by increasing eco-consciousness among the stakeholders and effectively reduce the carbon footprints by reducing usage of paper, water and electricity and actively promoting reduce, reuse and recycling.
  
  

• Eco F&B is a certification programme that assesses the environmental management system of a food establishment, in this case, our canteen within James Cook University campus.
  
  
• We work closely with the canteen operator to adopt environmentally-sustainable practices and using green products to reduce carbon footprints and promote sustainability.