The Green League 2008

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First – Solid environmental performance

Rank University Environmental policy Environmental staff Environmental audit Fairtrade status Ethical investment policy Energy sources Waste recycled Carbon Emissions per head (kg CO2E) Water usage Total Score
1↑4 University of Gloucestershire Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
55
 
2 University of Plymouth Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
52.5
 
3↑5 University of the West of Eng… Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
51.5
 
4↑4 Anglia Ruskin University Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better
49.5
 
5↑33 Loughborough University Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
47.5
 
5↑45 University of Central Lancashire Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
47.5
 
5↑3 University of Cambridge Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
47.5
 
5↓2 University of Hertfordshire Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better
47.5
 
8↑63 University of Huddersfield Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
47
 
8↓7 Leeds Metropolitan University Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
47
 
11↓6 Queens University Belfast Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
46.5
 
12↓4 University of St Andrews Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
46
 
13↓9 University of Glamorgan Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
45.5
 
14↑8 University of Derby Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better Excellent performance
44.5
 
14↓6 University of Leeds Could do better Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
44.5
 
16↓11 Oxford Brookes University Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance Excellent performance (Got worse since 2007) Could do better
44
 
17↑10 Swansea Metropolitan University Could do better Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
43.5
 
17↑38 University of Liverpool Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
43.5
 

2:1 – Fair but could do better

Rank University Environmental policy Environmental staff Environmental audit Fairtrade status Ethical investment policy Energy sources Waste recycled Carbon Emissions per head (kg CO2E) Water usage Total Score
19↑37 University of Glasgow Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
43
 
19↓3 Nottingham Trent University Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
43
 
21↑25 Liverpool John Moores University Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better Excellent performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
42.5
 
22↑71 University of Worcester Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
42
 
23↓15 Sheffield Hallam University Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance Awful performance (Got worse since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
41.5
 
23↓1 London School of Economics an… Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Poor performance
41.5
 
25↑2 Kingston University Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
41
 
26↓18 University of Edinburgh Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Got worse since 2007) Poor performance
40.5
 
27↑19 University of Durham Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
40
 
28↓1 University of Surrey Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Poor performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
39
 
28↑51 University of Birmingham Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
39
 
30↑8 University of Newcastle-upon-… Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
38.5
 
31↑29 University of Strathclyde Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Could do better Poor performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better
38
 
31↓15 University of Bradford Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better
38
 
33↓25 University of Portsmouth Could do better Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
37.5
 
33↓17 University of Southampton Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Poor performance No data available Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
37.5
 
35↑15 University of Brighton Excellent performance Could do better Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
37
 
35↑6 University of Sunderland Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
37
 
37↑29 University of Exeter Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
36.5
 
38↓12 Bournemouth University Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better
36
 
38 University of Bristol Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better No data available Awful performance Awful performance
36
 
40↑20 University of Wales, Bangor Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better No data available Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
35.5
 
41↓25 University of Bath Could do better Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
35
 
41↑30 University of Wales Institute… Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
35
 

2:2 – Must try harder

Rank University Environmental policy Environmental staff Environmental audit Fairtrade status Ethical investment policy Energy sources Waste recycled Carbon Emissions per head (kg CO2E) Water usage Total Score
43↓7 Lancaster University Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Got worse since 2007) Awful performance
34.5
 
43↓21 University of Wales, Newport Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Awful performance Poor performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
34.5
 
45↑11 University of Teesside Excellent performance Poor performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance No data available Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
34
 
45↑48 Aston University Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance (Got worse since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Got worse since 2007) Poor performance
34
 
45↓4 University of Chester Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance No data available Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
34
 
48↑2 University of Kent Could do better Could do better Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Poor performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
33.5
 
48↓21 Coventry University Excellent performance Could do better Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Poor performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
33.5
 
50 University of York Excellent performance Could do better Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
33
 
50↓23 University of Warwick Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance (Got worse since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
33
 
50↓23 University of Oxford Could do better Could do better Could do better Awful performance Could do better Could do better (Improved since 2007) No data available Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
33
 
53 Birmingham City University Could do better Excellent performance Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
32.5
 
53↑44 University of Wales, Aberystwyth Excellent performance Could do better Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
32.5
 
55↑20 Birkbeck College Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance Excellent performance
32
 
56↓10 University of Salford Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Got worse since 2007) Could do better
31.5
 
56↓15 Cranfield University Excellent performance Excellent performance Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Could do better No data available Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
31.5
 
56↓6 London South Bank University Excellent performance Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better
31.5
 
56↓34 University of Nottingham Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
31.5
 
56↑19 Napier University Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Could do better Awful performance Could do better Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
31.5
 
61↓34 University of Manchester Could do better Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
31
 
61↓20 University of Northampton Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
31
 
61↑21 University of Aberdeen Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
31
 
64↓48 University of Sheffield Excellent performance Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Poor performance
30
 
64↑7 University of East Anglia Could do better Could do better Poor performance Awful performance Could do better Poor performance Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
30
 
66↓31 University of Sussex Poor performance Could do better Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
29.5
 
67↑20 University of Winchester Could do better Could do better Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance Poor performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
29
 
67↑24 Manchester Metropolitan Unive… Could do better Excellent performance Poor performance Excellent performance Awful performance Awful performance No data available Could do better (Improved since 2007) Could do better
29
 
67↑12 University of Dundee Could do better Poor performance Could do better Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Could do better (Improved since 2007) Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
29
 
67↑3 Heriot-Watt University Could do better Could do better Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Could do better (Improved since 2007) Awful performance (Improved since 2007) Awful performance
29
 
67↑21 De Montfort University Excellent performance Could do better Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance Awful performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance (Improved since 2007) Excellent performance
29
 
72↓12 Queen Mary University of London Could do better Excellent performance Poor performance Awful performance Excellent performance Awful performance Poor performance Poor performance (Improved since 2007) Poor performance
28.5
 
72 Southampton Solent University Could do better Excellent performance Could do better Excellent performance Awful performance Could do better (Got worse since 2007) Awful performance (Got worse since 2007) Excellent performance (Got worse since 2007) Could do better
28.5
 
74↓28 University of Wales, Swansea Could do better Could do better Poor performance Excellent performance