2024
Certificate number: BOS 052/2024 RTI
The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
Instituto Politécnico - Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu
Certificate number: BOS 052/2024 RTI
The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
Sustainability efforts
Did you know that Instituto Politécnico - Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu has committed to the following sustainable actions? Learn more below:
The global sustainability of Instituto Politécnico - Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu
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- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
- They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
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Eco and Environment
Climate Change
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Sustainability areas
Environment and Climate Change
Water is one of our most precious assets. The Instituto Politécnico - Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu makes great efforts to ensure its proper use, so that future generations will not suffer from shortages.
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
- They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
In the future we will be able to count on renewable energy sources at all times, but in the meantime, Instituto Politécnico - Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu is striving to implement them, as well as to promote sustainable consumption.
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
- They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
- They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
- They carry out actions to raise awareness and protect marine ecosystems.
As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:
- They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
Society and Culture
In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:
- They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They care about training their staff.
- They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:
- They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
Through SDG 16, Instituto Politécnico - Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu is committed to transparency, honesty, participation and equity. As well as to stop exploitation, intolerance, and the abuses of the economic system.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
- They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
- They use indicators to measure quality
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
Governance and Economy
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
This entity makes great efforts to create a healthier, more accessible and intelligent world.
We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:
- Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
- Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around them.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
- Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
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