Sustainability : SV Travel Guidelines and Best Practices

Travel Less Without Loss is one of the sustainability initiatives of the EPFL School of Life Sciences. The intiative grew out of the knowledge that approximately 30 percent of EPFLs carbon footprint is attributed to business travel.
The project aims to identify ways to decrease the carbon footprint caused by scientific related travel with the least disruption to the advancement of science and to the careers of scientists. It is a feasibility study to determine the requirements and potential impact of remote conferencing facilities designed by and implemented at EPFL to connect scientists locally and globally.
The goal is to improve accessibility to scientific conferences, data and results, while not neglecting the importance of social contact in such events. Travel Less Without Loss aims to significantly reduce travelling not to abolish it.
The School of Life Sciences, in collaboration with Campus Durable, has developed a set of guidelines to promote sustainable travel by EPFL-SV scientists, staff and students.
A variety of posters and exhibitions providing information on the effect of business travel will be displayed throughout the SV hall to provide SV Faculty, Staff and Students data used to support the development of the SV Travel Guidelines and Best Practices.
Authors of the guidelines and best practices will be on hand on June 4 between 11h and 14h to explain the data, discuss and gather your ideas, listen to your feedback on the Guidelines and Best Practices.
This event will provide opportunities for exchange of information and ideas, promote environmental awareness and demonstrate to our fellow schools and colleagues SVs leadership and willingness to act responsibly for the benefit of our planet.
The exhibition will be open until June 12.