Environmental Policy for Researchers

Purpose of this Environmental Policy

SUMERNET 4 All (S4A) is working on water insecurity in the Mekong Region. This “environmental policy” outlines certain practical measures that SUMERNET partners can take to reduce and manage the environmental aspects of our work. While it is entirely voluntary, but we encourage all our partners to implement as many as possible of these practical measures outlined below and can report the implementation of their measures in the project reporting.

For S4A, having an environmental policy is essential is we want to show our commitment to managing our environmental impacts of our work, and to demonstrate to our partners and others that S4A is an environmentally conscious and responsible network.

The environmental guide shows how researchers can reduce their carbon footprint when participating at events with approaches like encouraging reduced air travel, organizing online meetings, and hosting events in ‘green’ venues such as hotels with an environmental policy, and reducing the use of plastic.