Sustainability Audits
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View recent internal and external sustainability audits used to monitor progress against our commitments. For enquiries, please contact: sustainability@uos.ac.uk.
Our last external audit result:
Our last external audit requested by our Audit and Risk Committee was in 2023 and focused on carbon management and sustainability. We achieved good assurance, with no recommendations given.
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Previous Habitat Audits before 2026
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With an increase of 11 species since 2024, and a combined increase of 17 species since the first survey in 2023, the total species richness for this site in 2025 was 28 species.
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Having been re-planted in 2025, the total species richness for the Physic Garden was 32 species, and 11 species for our green roof bike shed.
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Having been rotovated in 2024, the total species richness was 22 species, 13 of which were plant species.
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The total species richness was 48 species.
The total species richness of plants is estimated at 17, an increase of 6 from the 2023 survey.
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Total species richness was recorded at 13 species, a decrease of 6 species from the previous year.
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Total species richness (terrestrial and pond, plants and animals combined) is estimated at 75 species; 19 for the pond.
The total species richness of plants is estimated at 11 for this site.
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The total species richness (excluding pond, plants and animals, combined) is estimated at 26 species.