Improving Arts Undergraduate Society’s sustainability practices through inventory management & waste reduction
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Public Policy and Global Affairs, School of
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alternative: Improving AUS’ sustainability practices through inventory management and waste reduction
contributor: University of British Columbia. School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
contributor: University of British Columbia. Arts Undergraduate Society
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
creator: Alemayehu, Zeynya
creator: Khan, Hafsa
creator: Khanna, Shivangi
creator: Nyein, Khaing Aye
creator: Yang, Yi
creator: Zano, Beatrice
issued: 2020-07-29T22:00:17Z
issued: 2019-04-05
description: In partnership with UBC’s Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Program, the 504 team conducted a three-month long project that endeavoured to improve sustainability practices of the UBC Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) through the introduction of improved inventory management tools and post-event waste reduction practices. This report provides a detailed analysis and evaluation of the current AUS’s sustainability practice of events. Methods of information collection include interviews, focus group discussion, site visiting and observation. All related documents can be found in the appendices. The information we collected show that AUS has no standard policy or system for event management. Also, AUS doesn’t organize the leftover from the events. Therefore, AUS is facing the problems of over purchasing of goods for events, which creates many wastes. Based on the situation analysis, the report discusses the two main objectives to solve the sustainability issues, which are: 1. Improve AUS's standard operating system for event purchases 2. Tackle waste production related to events at AUS Recommendations discussed to meet the goals include: 1. Developing the efficient inventory management system 2. Reducing waste via the use of reusable items and the encouragement of behaviour change towards waste reduction. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
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note: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program Student Research Report Improving Arts Undergraduate Society’s sustainability practices through inventory management & waste reduction Zeynya Alemayehu, Hafsa Khan, Shivangi Khanna, Khaing Aye Nyein, Yi Yang, Beatrice Zano University of British Columbia GPP 504 Themes: Waste, Community, Materials Date: April 5, 2019 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report”. IMPROVING AUS’ SUSTAINABILITY PRACTCES THROUGH INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & WASTE REDUCTION April 5, 2019 ABSTRACT This document will describe the project under taken by the 504 team to improve UBC’s Arts Undergraduate Society’s (AUS) Inventory Management procedures thereby reducing excessive purchasing of inventory and the cumulative generation of waste. Zeynya Alemayehu Hafsa Khan Shivangi Khanna Khaing Aye Nyein Yi Yang Beatrice Zano GPP 504 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 0 3 Client Overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 4 Definition of the Policy Problem .........................................................................................................................…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0392587
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. GPP 504
subject: Waste
subject: Community
subject: Materials
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75316