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The SDG Office is a learning community led by two Faculty members and supported by two student assistants to support student initiatives for impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was set up to grow an HTH community focused on discovering and developing sustainable practices, actions, and initiatives.
In addition to monitoring and lobbying for sustainability across Hotelschool The Hague, the SDG Office was keen to be innovative, tapping into ideas and insights from the student body. Therefore, during an offsite to Floriade 2022 with 30 students, three projects were identified for further development:
1. Green Belt
2. Edible Campus
3. Manifesto For Living
‘Green Belt’ entailed creating a competitive and positive platform for sustainable change linked to the curriculum. To date it can be linked to our participation in the Dutch Hotelschool’s Move the Date challenge and the Future We Want & Volunteering assignment in Year 4 of the curriculum.
The ‘Edible Campus’ project was to research the viability of fruit, vegetable & herb gardens, campus vertical farming, the installation of a greenhouse & outdoor kitchen, leading to the introduction of a gardening outlet (farm to fork) linked to the F&B outlets on both Amsterdam and The Hague campuses. This project involves a number of stakeholders across the organisation and status can be best described as complex and on-going.
The ‘Manifesto for Living’ was started as a north star, linked to school strategy and our values. In addition, students wanted more transparency behind the decisions Hotelschool is taking and better communication on what sustainable goals we have already achieved. The focus of the project has currently morphed into a Food & Beverage manifesto for our Food & Beverage outlets that is currently being considered by our Minor, Future of Food as part of their theme, The Regeneration Generation.
The SDG office initiate, support and execute extracurricular activities in collaboration with the Extra Mile Office and its student-led initiatives such as the Sustainability Committee, Debating Society, Gastronomy Club and Wine Club. The organised events are all driving to create the next generation of hospitable leader. For example, the Sustainability Committee is a club of ambitious students who are looking for ways to make Hotelschool The Hague and the world more sustainable; their activities include beach and park clean ups, events on sustainable fashion and the initiation of the Beekeeping club in The Hague to match the programme on the Amsterdam campus. We now have four active beehives across the two campuses.
Finally, the SDG Office was also responsible for capturing HTH impact evidence. The SDG Office therefore initiated the first Sustainability Report in 2021 to showcase the integration of the SDGs within our organisation, curriculum and research. Commissioned by the SDG Office, it was a final year thesis deliverable, so was student led and executed. It was well received, so in 2022, a second student led report was initiated. With the yearly reporting on sustainability activities within Hotelschool The Hague, we wanted to raise more awareness and create more transparency towards HTH internal and external stakeholders. Moving forward the project will be better linked to the HTH overall governance and it will be connected to the annual report of Hotelschool The Hague.
Future Aspirations
Our connection and cooperation with curriculum have yet to reach our full ambition, and in line with the expectations of the new Professional and Education Profile (PEP), we are challenged to continue integrating sustainability into our curriculum.
The SDG Office will therefore continue to identify educational and research touch points to best integrate sustainable knowledge and practice across all courses and all years. In addition, one of the BA. HM learning lines is Real Life Learning, so we will also continue to encourage Faculty to forge links, accept commissioned projects and challenges from industry acting as a sparring partner for sustainable transformation. The outlined projects, Green Belt, Edible Campus, and Manifesto of Living, while all with merit still need further attention as to the best means of integration into the curriculum and organisation. This involves alignment discussions linked to strategy and organisational resources involving a number of stakeholders.
In the upcoming year, the SDG office will face an organisational transformation aimed at further integration of its function into the organisation to stay committed to driving instrumental change in HTH curricula, facilities, and operations.
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Follow the Path
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Read Standard
The SDG Office is a learning community led by two Faculty members and supported by two student assistants to support student initiatives for impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was set up to grow an HTH community focused on discovering and developing sustainable practices, actions, and initiatives.
In addition to monitoring and lobbying for sustainability across Hotelschool The Hague, the SDG Office was keen to be innovative, tapping into ideas and insights from the student body. Therefore, during an offsite to Floriade 2022 with 30 students, three projects were identified for further development:
1. Green Belt
2. Edible Campus
3. Manifesto For Living
‘Green Belt’ entailed creating a competitive and positive platform for sustainable change linked to the curriculum. To date it can be linked to our participation in the Dutch Hotelschool’s Move the Date challenge and the Future We Want & Volunteering assignment in Year 4 of the curriculum.
Milestones Completed
The ‘Edible Campus’ project was to research the viability of fruit, vegetable & herb gardens, campus vertical farming, the installation of a greenhouse & outdoor kitchen, leading to the introduction of a gardening outlet (farm to fork) linked to the F&B outlets on both Amsterdam and The Hague campuses. This project involves a number of stakeholders across the organisation and status can be best described as complex and on-going.
The ‘Manifesto for Living’ was started as a north star, linked to school strategy and our values. In addition, students wanted more transparency behind the decisions Hotelschool is taking and better communication on what sustainable goals we have already achieved. The focus of the project has currently morphed into a Food & Beverage manifesto for our Food & Beverage outlets that is currently being considered by our Minor, Future of Food as part of their theme, The Regeneration Generation.
The SDG office initiate, support and execute extracurricular activities in collaboration with the Extra Mile Office and its student-led initiatives such as the Sustainability Committee, Debating Society, Gastronomy Club and Wine Club. The organised events are all driving to create the next generation of hospitable leader. For example, the Sustainability Committee is a club of ambitious students who are looking for ways to make Hotelschool The Hague and the world more sustainable; their activities include beach and park clean ups, events on sustainable fashion and the initiation of the Beekeeping club in The Hague to match the programme on the Amsterdam campus. We now have four active beehives across the two campuses.
Finally, the SDG Office was also responsible for capturing HTH impact evidence. The SDG Office therefore initiated the first Sustainability Report in 2021 to showcase the integration of the SDGs within our organisation, curriculum and research. Commissioned by the SDG Office, it was a final year thesis deliverable, so was student led and executed. It was well received, so in 2022, a second student led report was initiated. With the yearly reporting on sustainability activities within Hotelschool The Hague, we wanted to raise more awareness and create more transparency towards HTH internal and external stakeholders. Moving forward the project will be better linked to the HTH overall governance and it will be connected to the annual report of Hotelschool The Hague.
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Future Aspirations
Our connection and cooperation with curriculum have yet to reach our full ambition, and in line with the expectations of the new Professional and Education Profile (PEP), we are challenged to continue integrating sustainability into our curriculum.
The SDG Office will therefore continue to identify educational and research touch points to best integrate sustainable knowledge and practice across all courses and all years. In addition, one of the BA. HM learning lines is Real Life Learning, so we will also continue to encourage Faculty to forge links, accept commissioned projects and challenges from industry acting as a sparring partner for sustainable transformation. The outlined projects, Green Belt, Edible Campus, and Manifesto of Living, while all with merit still need further attention as to the best means of integration into the curriculum and organisation. This involves alignment discussions linked to strategy and organisational resources involving a number of stakeholders.
In the upcoming year, the SDG office will face an organisational transformation aimed at further integration of its function into the organisation to stay committed to driving instrumental change in HTH curricula, facilities, and operations.
Special Feature: Small-Scale and Intensive Education