Policies and Guidelines

TRU Anti-Idling Guidelines

One key goal of the TRU Strategic Sustainability Plan is to reduce energy use and air emissions. The Vehicle Anti-Idling Guideline provides guidance to achieve the goal of reducing energy use and air emissions from mobile sources.

TRU Environmental Policy

The University has a significant role to play in preserving the local and global environments. TRU seeks to be the University of Choice for students concerned about environmental sustainability and to be recognized for its leadership and stewardship in responding to environmental challenges. This policy will assist members of the University community to understand and fulfill their responsibilities with respect to environmental sustainability.

TRU Rainwater Management Guideline

All new buildings and major renovations of existing buildings will implement a rainwater management system unless site selection or unforeseen factors make a rainwater management system impossible or impractical.

TRU Sustainable Purchasing Guide

This Guide has been created to help you consider sustainability in the many procurement decisions you will make in your role on campus. We know that you are busy. Instead of doing more, this Guide will set out a few ways you can do things differently to get more sustainability bang for your buck. You’ll find simple recommendations on how to include sustainability in various types of buying processes, as well as accredited sustainability performance standards for common product categories. With some practice, it will become easy to consider sustainability when buying new goods and services. Everyone, across all business units of Thompson Rivers University, has an important role to play. We encourage you to ask for support and to share your successes and lessons learned with the campus community.