AN

INTRODUCTION TO ECOCAMPUS INITIATIVE

by
Dr. Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pengiran Bagul
Founding Director
EcoCampus Management Centre
Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Why EcoCampus?
Evaluating our strengths and competitive edge from
our environment
Sabah, Malaysian Borneo is blessed with natural
resources

Transforming Ideas into Reality

This is the moment that we transform and we lead
ourselves, other universities and our nation

Policy Statement
UMS is committed to be a university of excellence in
teaching and research, and an EcoCampus that
incorporates due environmental considerations in its
planning and activities by being innovative, relevant
and sustainable towards sustainable development
will address local, national and global environmental
challenges in collaboration with stakeholders

UMS EcoCampus DeNinition

EcoCampus is a point of reference to act as a
steward of the environment, contributing to
global efforts towards sustainability by
introducing environmental excellence in
teaching and learning, research, infrastructure
development, management and operational
practices, and campus experience

EcoCampus Core Values

Sustainable
Development

Environmental
Compa8bility

Ecological
Protec8on
EcoCampus
Core Values

Environmental
Stewardship

Resource
Conserva8on

EcoCampus Key Elements

Mindset
Change

Opera8onal
Prac8ces

Infrastructure
Development

EcoCampus
Key
Elements

Teaching and
Learning

Management

Research
Themes

EcoCampus BeneNits
Heightened environmental awareness
Enabling social change and actions
Cultivating environmental leadership
Maintaining healthy natural resources
Sustaining income generation through
savings and spin-off effects
Adapting to climate change
Attaining international recognition

UMS Available Resources

Landscape
Biodiversity
Ecosystems

Phase 1 (July
Dec 2013)
Emphasis on the environment
and sustainable development
programme contents
reviewed. Introduction of
environmental perspectives in
the curriculum
Governing body for
EcoCampus established.
3R project/5R (Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle, Renew and Respect),
emission reduction project,
and energy conservation
project implemented
EcoCampus seminars and
workshops organised.
Outreach programmes
established

Phase 1 (Jan
June 2013)
EcoCampus initiative
launched
Environmental
Management System
(EMS) initiated towards
MS-ISO 14001
Energy, Water, and
Paper Saving
Programmes reinforced
Research proposals on
environment and
sustainable
development

Phase 2 (Jan
Dec 2014)
Carbon footprint reduced
(greening of the campus).
Milestone projects
implemented.
Progressive training of
staff in environmental
management system.
Environmental audit
carried out (conformance
of environmental
procedures
documented).
Green investment
mechanisms established.

Phase 3 (Jan
Dec 2015)

Environmental
Management System
(EMS) implemented.
International recognition
and accreditation
Audit and management
review conducted.
Results through
international
frameworks engaged
and shared.
Networks to discuss best
practice and exchange
ideas set up.
Continual improvement
reviewed.

Phase 4 (Jan Dec 2016)

Environmental solutions to other institutions of
higher education to achieve EcoCampus status
provided.
Procurement policy in place.
Continual improvement reviewed.

Phase 5 (Jan Dec 2017)

Continual improvement reviewed.
EcoCampus status declared

EcoCampus Benchmarks

SOUTH EAST ASIA

SUSTAINABILITY
NETWORK
UMS EcoCampus Global Contribution

Concluding Remarks: The Future We Want

EcoCampus will enable UMS to instill environmental excellence in
decision-making and activities of the university.
UMS is ideally positioned to inspire present and future generations to
think and act responsibly towards achieving sustainable development.

For more information:

Website: www.ums.edu.my/ecomc
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ecocampusums
E-mail: ecocampus@ums.edu.my