Our Faculty – an Environmental Trail Blazer
In April 2016, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was certified as a “Miljøfyrtårn” (“Environmental Beacon”). The certification includes the departments, centers and the faculty administration. The certification was part of the fact that the University of Bergen, as the first of the major university in Norway, now became a “Miljøfyrtårn”.
Being an “Miljøfyrtårn” involves systematic work on environmental measures in everyday life. The organization must meet requirements and implement measures for a more environmentally friendly operation and a healthy working environment. To be certified as a “Miljøfyrtårn”, the faculty must meet a number of requirements within systematic HSE as well as requirements for waste, procurement, transport and energy. And all these requirements must be documented. We must also meet all the requirements necessary for a good HSE system. Being a “Miljøfyrtårn” commits us as an institution and as individual employees to make environmentally conscious choices in everyday life.
