sustainability fund

DOES YOUR ASSOCIATION WANT TO BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE? THE STUDENT UNION SUSTAINABILITY FUND CAN HELP! Visit our sustainability page about what you and your association can do!

Requirements

For any initiative, the following is required: 

• The organisation is a Union participant; 
• The initiative takes place in the future; 
• Only the board of an organisation can request the subsidy; 
• Every approved application counts in principle as a subsidy guarantee; Based on the realisation of the budget and the other deliverables requested per category, it will be decided whether the application will be converted into a subsidy;
• The subsidy will not be higher than the costs of the sustainable expense and is limited by the number of impacted UT students based on the following table and limited by the costs of the sustainable expenses

For events, the following are also required:

• This is the only requested student union subsidy for this event.
• A subsidy from the Sustainability Fund has not been used for the same measure before.
• The SU will be visually promoted during the event.
  
  

EXAMPLES OF EVENTS

PURCHASES

The following is also required for purchases:

• The same purchase has not previously been subsidized by the sustainability fund.
• This purchase improves the organization's sustainability.

EXAMPLES OF PURCHASES

Deliverables

Before applying:

• Budget plan.
• Document answering the following questions: 
  • What will the money be used for
  • Why is this purchase (more) sustainable? 
  • What other actions are you taking to make your event sustainable?  
  • Are you intending to continue with this measure for future events? 
  • How will you fund this sustainable measure for the same event next time?
    *The same measure will not be funded twice. We encourage you to consider how the measure can be funded without subsidy the following time.*
  • How did you find out about the Sustainability Fund? 
• Any related sustainability certificates.
• Filled in Green Hub Green Certificate Questionnaire.

After applying: 

• Realisation of the budget.
• A screenshot of a social media post/story about the event where the Sustainability Fund of the Student Union is thanked as a subsidy provider on Instagram with the tags @utwente and @sutwente, and the hashtag #SustainabilityFund, #utwente and #sutwente.
• As well as the link to a LinkedIn post where the Sustainability Fund of the Student Union is thanked as a subsidy provider that includes the tags @utwente @sutwente, #SustainabilityFund, #utwente and #sutwente. 
  *Exemptions are possible, state your reason why an exception should be made in the document.*

The invoice should be mailed to invoices@utwente.nl with j.h.m.christenhusz@utwente.nl included in the mail. See the invoice guide of the UT. Please include the following work order number: 20000420-10. 

PROCESS

The subsidy application is discussed monthly on the third Thursday of the month with the board. After this, you will hear whether the subsidy application has been approved. After the event, the organization has 3 months to send the financial realization, the proof of sponsorship in communication overviews and the invoice.

In principle, each approved application is considered a subsidy guarantee. Based on the realization of the budget and the other requested deliverables per category, it is decided whether the application will be converted into a subsidy.