Brockport opened a new pedestrian bridge over the Erie Canal that now connects the SUNY Brockport campus to the north side of the village, providing students and faculty with a safe means of commuting to campus other than single occupancy vehicles.
Binghamton University has completely phased out straws per SUNY policy. Utensils are being switched to non-plastics and campus organizers are encouraged to request reusable options when feasible. Offices completing the Green Office Certification are awarded points for committing to the removal of SUPs from their events.
| Year | Recommended activities | Status |
Sustainable Operations - Transportation |
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| 1 | Maintain implementation of ZEV transition plans submitted in December 2023 for EO22. | Launched or underway |
| 1 | Ensure that every SUNY state-operated campus has charging stations for electric vehicles. | 100% Complete |
| 1 | Pursue funding for installing EV charging stations, including in applicable building construction and renovation projects. | Launched or underway |
| 1 | Work with state and federal agencies and other partners to plan, fund, and install EV charging stations on or near facilities. | Launched or underway |
| 1 | Pilot the use of renewable diesel, hydrogen, or other non-fossil fuels in heavy-duty fleets and implement programs if they are beneficial. | 50% Complete |
| 1 | Develop a model survey of staff and student commuting patterns and transportation modes and encourage campuses to implement the survey. | Launched or underway |
| 1 | Expand SUNY’s pilot work with local transportation agencies to increase access and frequency of transit service. | Launched or underway |
| 1 | Work with facility managers to increase the availability of any existing showers in common areas to facilitate bike commuting by students, staff, and faculty. | Not Started |
| 2 | Develop policies to ban the purchase of internal combustion engine light-duty vehicles, with narrow exceptions. | Not Started |
| 2 | Work with OGS to require rental companies to offer ZEVs. | Not Started |
| 2 | Work with OGS to offer increased procurement options for ZEVs. | 50% Complete |
| 2 | Revise SUNY travel policies and vendor contracts to promote sustainable travel options (e.g., use of ZEVs and trains) informed by the social cost of carbon. | Not Started |
| 2 | Expand the use of renewable diesel, hydrogen, or other non-fossil fuels in heavy-duty fleets and implement programs if they are beneficial. | Launched or underway |
| 2 | Develop a plan at each campus for EV chargers' most beneficial installation sites, considering the electrical infrastructure, parking accessibility, the campus residential community, and other campus-specific factors. | Launched or underway |
| 2 | Develop carpooling options with public and community partners. | Launched or underway |
| 2 | Develop bikeshare and micromobility programs with private and public partners. | Launched or underway |
| 2 | Improve bike storage options at campuses, prioritizing covered or indoor parking where feasible. | Launched or underway |
| 3,4,5 | Pursue funding or transit agency policies to provide free public transportation passes to all students. | Not Started |
| 3,4,5 | Explore leasing of fleets rather than ownership to increase ZEVs and other private partnerships that provide fleet decarbonization as a service business model. | Not Started |
| 3,4,5 | Build out a network of electric vehicle charging stations at SUNY campuses. | Launched or underway |
| 3,4,5 | Enhance active mobility by increasing pedestrian/cycling infrastructure on campuses and, in collaboration with local communities, to and from student, faculty, and staff housing, shopping, and social destinations. | Launched or underway |
| 3,4,5 | Study the development of a carbon charge for business travel air transportation, with the proceeds to be used for carbon mitigation efforts at the campus. | Not Started |
| 3,4,5 | Work with campus planners to incorporate showers into new buildings where feasible to facilitate bike commuting by students, staff, and faculty. | Not Started |
Sustainable Operations - Procurement |
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| 1 | Enhance tracking of green purchasing by adopting GreenNY-specific sub-object codes and developing ongoing training for all staff with purchasing power. | 100% Complete |
| 1 | Track SUNY’s purchase and use of single-use plastics. | 100% Complete |
| 1 | Begin implementation of the complete phaseout of single-use plastics per SUNY’s 2024 policy, which applies to both state-operated and community colleges. | 100% Complete |
| 2 | Educate campus purchasing officers about procurement goals, State procurement guidelines that allow sustainability considerations for products to be part of the “form, function, and utility” elements, and sub-object codes for tracking. | 50% Complete |
| 2 | Work with state agencies and internal partners to require preferred sources and vendors on state contracts to self-identify products that meet GreenNY specifications and create audit mechanisms to ensure the accuracy of claims to increase the number of “all green” OGS and SUNY contracts. | Launched or underway |
| 2 | Develop a universal green purchasing training requirement for procurement card holders and authorized purchasers on each campus. | Not Started |
| 2 | Make sustainability part of a new SUNY Procurement Center of Excellence. | Not Started |
| 2 | Encourage campuses to include language in procurement RFPs that would allow other campuses to piggyback on contracts. | Not Started |