STAR's Societal Impact and Sustainability Effort

In everything we do, we aim to be sustainable. To ensure this effort is realizable STAR has designed the 10 “STAR Sustainable Standards”, which must be taken into account for every single event we organize.

1. We do not purchase disposable water bottles. 
2. We offer all committees the opportunity to organise sustainable initiatives, funded by our internal Sustainability Fund. 
3. We offer all MSCs and fulltime committees the opportunity to organise activities with NGO’s, at a cost-based rate. 
4. Everyone is equal at STAR, no matter your race, sex, sexual orientation or disability
5. We do not offer plastic goodie bags. 
6. We evaluate all merchandise/goodies on use and environmental impact. 
7. We only print on recycled FSC paper.
8. Meatless is the default. We do, however, provide students with the option to choose meat. 
9. We provide students with the option to compensate the CO2 emissions of their flight (in collaboration with Corekees).  
10. We encourage the organisation of inspirational events that incorporate sustainability.

Next to our consistent and broad approach, we also organize events and enter partnership that are centered around sustainability.

Partnerships

• JINC, together with JINC, our societal mainpartner, we help school children in underprivileged neighbourhoods to get the education and career opportunities they deserve.
• Corekees, together we allow all of trip participants to compensate the CO2 they exhaust when travelling with STAR.

Do you want to get to know our sustainable partner, Corekees, better? Take a look at these short videos (1 min.) and find out what Corekees does and why they do this!

• • • About Corekees: Social Entrepreneurship with a green profit
    • Corekees: The Green Fuel Tree Foundation
    • Corekees: Investment Ready Program

Events

• Sustainability Forum, in collaboration with RSM. The Coronavirus situation in the Netherlands is changing quickly, and RSM has cancelled all live events until further notice. This means that we cannot host the RSM STAR Sustainability Forum on Wednesday 8 April in the Forumzaal of Erasmus University Rotterdam. The event is therefore CANCELLED.