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Besides the Sustainability Commission, the following offices and commissions deal with issues that make a major contribution to a sustainable development at UZH.
The Office for Gender Equality and Diversity and the Gender Equality Commission work to achieve actual gender equality at all levels and in all functions at UZH. The diverse approaches taken include personal advisory sessions for UZH staff and students who are discriminated on the basis of gender as well as special programs to advance the academic careers of women. In addition to this work, the Office for Gender Equality engages in intense collaboration with the University faculties to sustainably establish the topic of gender equality in UZH’s culture and structures. The latter work is part of the Gender Equality Action Plan UZH (duration: 2013-2016).
Office for Gender Equality and Diversity
Gender Policy Code of Conduct
Diversity Policy
Guidelines for inclusive language
Current regulations on transidentity and intersexuality
UZH Gender Equality Action Plan 2017-2020
The Office for Safety, Security and Environment is responsible for occupational safety, health protection, operational safety, hazardous waste management, emergency organization, security, traffic and fire protection. In the area of environmental protection the Office ensures compliance with the legal regulations on water protection and the air quality regulations, as well as the correct disposal of hazardous waste.
Office for Safety, Security and Environment
Workplace Health Management
The Ethics Commission promotes awareness of ethical responsibility in research and teaching, and supports UZH instructors in integrating ethical issues into their teaching. Moreover, instructors can submit applications for courses with an ethical context to the Ethics Commission, which may allocate eight hours of teaching assignments per year.
The Disability Office is committed to removing barriers that impede access at UZH to students with disabilities and/or chronic health issues. The Office provides information on studying and working with a disability in a university environment and offers advice as well as practical support in individual cases. Beyond this, it strives to continually improve the physical, digital, educational, and administrative access for affected persons at UZH. The activities of the Disability Office are supported at a strategic level by the Academic Disability Commission. In accordance with its mission statement, UZH is committed to ensuring equal opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels for the members of its community. In this way, diversity is respected and the potential of all can be realized – in the true spirit of sustainable development.
Disability Office
Academic Disability Commission
Uniability UZH (Information on facilities and infrastructure at UZH, useful for all members of the University community)
The members of the sustainability committee represent each of the departments of the MNF. Currently the committee is responsible for developing and monitoring the MNF Sustainable Travel Policy and supporting sustainability projects on campus and in our labs.
Input and participation from anyone with enthusiasm to make the Faculty more aware and active in sustainability is appreciated.
Sustainability Committee of the Faculty of Science
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