Intellectual capital report 2005 Committed to sustainability REG.NO. AT-500 Design by An overview of sustainability indicators Table 2 Staff on due date October 15 2005 Staff equivalent to full time positions Females Males Total Total number of academic and art staff¹ 77.0 269.3 346.3 Professors² 8.0 52.8 60.8 Assistants and other academic and art staff³ 69.0 216.5 285.5 including assistant professors4 21.3 100.5 121.8 Total number of general staff5 227.9 195.6 423.5 Total6 304.9 464.9 769.8 1 functions 11, 14, 16, 21 according to subsection 2.6 of Appendix 1BidokVUni. 4 functions 14 according to subsection 2.6 of Appendix 1BidokVUni. 2 functions 11 according to subsection 2.6 of Appendix 1BidokVUni. 5 functions 23, 40 to 70 according to subsection 2.6 of Appendix 1BidokVUni. 3 functions 14, 16, 21 according to subsection 2.6 of Appendix 1BidokVUni. 6 functions 11, 14, 16, 21, 23, 40 to 70 according to subsection 2.6 of Appendix 1BidokVUni. Table 35 Table 1 BOKU environmental indicators 2005 An example of budget indicators as reported on December 31 2005 (in €) comparatively Revenue from global budget funded by the government 72,567,216.09 Energy Tuition income 3,339,216.54 Electricity consumption1 10.4 MWh/MA Research income 18,241,522.98 142.9 kWh/m2 Expenses for tangible means 2,041,565.91 Heat generation 8.2 MWh/MA Salaries 45,952,276.37 113 kWh/m2 including refunds paid to the government for public servants assigned to the university 16,620,914.00 Water Water usage2 168.3 l/MA/d Material and product consumption Table 36 (An example of indicators) Paper/ copy paper consumption 3,663 Blatt/MA Number of degrees awarded in the academic year of 2004/05 Waste Total waste (minus biological waste)3 255 kg/MA Type of degree Females Males Total Recycled waste (percentage of processed 51 % Total 215 250 465 waste)4 including diploma degrees 161 181 342 CO2 emissions (total) including bachelor’s degrees 8 7 15 CO emissions (operation, automobile fleet 2 4.3 t/MA minus business trips)5 including doctoral degrees 44 53 97 1/2 The high consumption of electricity and water is caused by the research centers at Muthgasse. 3 For waste data the total amount of waste was included minus the amount of biological waste composted on site. 4 The percentage of recycled waste is based on the percentage of potential recyclables of the total waste. 5 CO2 emissions are caused by energy consumption on site and the operation of the automobile fleet, business trips are excluded from the calculations. Table 42 Number of scientific publications of the staff in 2005 Articles published for the first time in SCI journals (source: SCI exp./SSCI: articles in listed journals)1 288 Articles published for the first time in other scientific journals 324 Articles published for the first time in collected editions 121 Articles published for scientific congresses (proceedings) 900 1 see above; SSCI: articles according to Journal Citation Report Profile and structure of the report The present report is composed of two different parts. The first part, the intellectual capital report 2005, follows the reporting structure of the Intel- lectual Capital Report Act published in February 2006. The second part includes an overview of the sustainability report according to the Global Reporting Initiative. Sections pertaining to the sustainability report are integrated into calendar and/or academic years. Additionally, a number of in- the intellectual capital reporting model used by the University of dicators are presented and interpreted that are to be published Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, hereafter starting next year according to the Intellectual Capital Report Act, “BOKU”. Furthermore, the GRI guidelines have been enclosed as well as a list of optimal indicators. Educational indicators refer in the appendix, following the actual report, and are supposed to to, unless otherwise specified, the respective academic years of provide an overview of the chapters of the sustainability report, 2004/05 and 2003/04, all other indicators to the calendar years including cross references, also to chapters of the intellectual of 2005 and 2004. Indicators regarding staff, premises and mobi- capital report, with exact page numbers. lity are assessed on each due date (such as the specified winter semester due date for mobility) and refer to staff and premises BOKU has adhered to the EMAS system ever since 2006, which on the respective calendar year. Indicators that are to be pu- has yielded a separate declaration on the environment. Parts of blished as part of a sustainability report refer exclusively to the this declaration have been published as chapters of the intelle- calendar year of 2005, unless they overlap with indicators of the ctual capital report and have been validated by Llyods Register intellectual capital report (e.g. staff). Indicators that have been Quality Assurance as environmental specific information. The previously published as part of the first intellectual capital report environmental management system includes all premises per- of BOKU will also be included, particularly if the definitions of the taining to the Türkenschanze and Muthgasse locations. indicators have been amended. Indicators for education for the academic years of 2004/05 and For further information regarding BOKU, particularly the areas 2003/04 were evaluated by the Federal Ministry for Education, of education, research, societal objectives, as well as social and Science and Culture based on raw data submitted by BOKU and ecological responsibility, please consult BOKU‘s homepage. A made accessible to BOKU for generation of the present report. detailed overview of current research activities and a publication list of all BOKU researchers and their contribution to the scientific BOKU indicates for almost all indicators that are to be published community and to society are available in the research database in 2006 for the calendar year of 2005 according to the interim of BOKU. provisions of the Intellectual Capital Report Act, figures for two Intellectual Capital Report Act: http://www.bmbwk.gv.at/medienpool/13099/wbv.pdf Global Reporting Initiative: http://www.globalreporting.org/ BOKU Website: http://www.boku.ac.at BOKU declaration on the environment: http://www.boku.ac.at/7529.html BOKU Intellectual Capital Report 2004: http://www.boku.ac.at/6043.html BOKU Research Database: http://bokudok.boku.ac.at/bokudok/research_database.search index 6 Knowledge with responsibility – Responsibility with knowledge 8 Knowledge, balance and sustainability 10 BOKU, a “sustainable university” The framework 14 Vision, mission and competency profile – BOKU’s strategic direction 18 The concept “Responsible University” 20 About the “Universität des Lebens” 34 Intellectual Capacity within a system – the BOKU value creation model The performance 40 BOKU’s strategic knowledge goals 42 Communication with stakeholders 52 Intellectual capital – the resources of the “Responsible University” 88 Service for people – the core processes of the “Responsible University” 115 Ecological responsibility 128 Ideas with substance – Results for societal and economic development The future 148 The future is open – goals achieved and challenges ahead 156 Success becomes visible – Overview of indicators used for the intellectual capital report 182 GRI guideline 2002 requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative 185 Sources and references 186 Validation certificate for validated environmental data 188 Imprint 190 Invitation to a dialogue with stakeholders Knowledge with responsibility – Responsibility with knowledge Universities are responsible for expanding and furthering knowledge by way of research for the application of that knowledge through knowledge transfer along with further development in an academic and practical context, as well as for utilizing knowledge for the respective benefit of all humans and their habitat. Each university should be required to report on how adequately and ef- fectively its tasks are fulfilled; a responsibility to itself, but above all to the bodies of the state and society that contribute to positive development and actions of the university by giving support and in turn receiving cul- tural and economic impulses. 6 / BOKU INTELLECTUAL CAPital REPort 2005 We expect from academic science not only a general expansion of our knowledge and scope of action, but also specific contribu- tions to understanding and resolving major problems that we are currently facing or that we will be confronted with in the future. One of the most relevant and challenging problems is certainly the preservation, development and improvement of vital resources – a field that BOKU is particularly active in within research, education and consultation. Gaining and applying knowledge relevant to both people and society involves much responsibility. In this sense, BOKU presents itself as a “Responsible University”. Employees, researchers and teaching staff, as well as students and graduates of a university have to be aware – even more so than other decision makers – that acting in a responsible way must not be justified by ideals only, but involves the adequate application of optimal topical, methodical and contextual knowledge. For meeting future and continuously changing challenges in biologically and BOKU relevant fields – such as the protection and development of renewable biotic resources, spatial planning, nutrition, health, energy supply and climate – scientific, engineer- ing, social and economic knowledge and technologies available today will not suffice, but rather innovative and active research is called for. The objective of sustainability requires forward thinking; future oriented knowledge and measures will become neces- sary. BOKU’s development plan was designed to comply with said future-oriented perspective. It is impressive and encouraging that and how the present performance report of BOKU encompasses achievements in research and education (the actual “intellectual capital report”), its responsibility towards people and society, the protection of the environ- ment, as well as sustainable development.