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Great results for LCCOS in the UCL Sustainability Awards 2024 

9 August 2024

18 teams from across Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science (LCCOS) were recognised for their part in Green Impact to support UCL’s sustainability achievements. 

A group of staff from LCCOS at the Sustainability Awards.

Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science (LCCOS) Green Champions won 12 Golds (up from 10 in 2023), three Silvers and three Bronzes in this year’s Green Impact. 

Gold 

  • Bartlett Library 
  • Cruciform Hub 
  • Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library 
  • Institute of Archaeology Library 
  • Joint Library of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology 
  • Language and Speech Science Library 
  • Main Library 
  • Royal Free Medical Library 
  • School of Pharmacy Library 
  • Student Centre Library Team 
  • UCL East 
  • Central LCCOS Services (overarching departmental submission) 

Silver 

  • Bloomsbury Theatre 
  • IOE Library 
  • Institute of Orthopaedics Library 

Bronze 

  • School of Slavonic and East European Studies Libraries 
  • Science Library 
  • Wickford Store 

Our close colleagues at the Queen Square Library, UCL Institute of Neurology, also succeeded in achieving a Gold Award. 

Some of the staff in LCCOS who supported sustainability initiatives at their sites.

Green Impact is a UCL-wide accreditation scheme devised by the education charity Students Organising for Sustainability UK.  It’s a scheme that has won awards from UNESCO and the charity have now worked with over 2,000 institutions across seven countries.  

Michelle Wake, Site Libraries Manager & Senior Librarian (Chair of the LCCOS Sustainability Committee) said

“A big thank you to all our Green Impact Teams and colleagues across LCCOS.  Your support for sustainability does make a difference and contributes to UCL’s  achievements as a whole in this area.” 

Green Impact

Learn about Sustainable UCL, including the university’s achievements and progress and the rest of this year's winners.