London Business School
- Award Class: Fail
- Total Score 19.0 (out of 70 possible points)
- Rank: 116
Page contents: Green League Indicators 2010
- Publicly Available Environmental Policy
- Full Time Environment Management Staff
- Comprehensive Environmental Auditing
- Ethical Investment Policy
- Carbon Management
- Sustainable Procurement and Fairtrade accreditation
- Student and Staff Engagement
- Energy sources
- Waste
- Carbon emissions per head
- Water consumption per head
Analysis information:
Management and Policy
1. Publicly Available Environmental Policy
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
1 a) Does the institution have a publicly available environmental policy published in the last five years? (out of 2 points) |
2 |
1 b) Does the institution report on the environmental policy annually at a senior level of university administration? (out of 2 points) |
2 |
1 c) Does the institution set targets to reduce environmental impact in all the following areas: waste management, transport, sustainable procurement, water, construction & refurbishment, emissions & discharges, community involvement and biodiversity? (out of 2 points) |
0 |
Total out of 6 points |
4 |
2. Staff
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
2) How many Environmental Management Staff does the University have? (out of 8 points)
|
6 |
Total out of 8 points |
6 |
3. Comprehensive Environmental Auditing
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
3 a) Has the University audited the environmental impacts of the following areas in the last five years? (0.5 points for each area covered) |
|
Waste management |
0.5 |
Transport |
0 |
Sustainable Procurement |
0 |
Energy |
0.5 |
Water |
0.5 |
Construction & Refurbishment |
0 |
Emissions & Discharges |
0 |
Biodiversity |
0 |
3 b) Is the University part of an external environmental management system (e.g. ISO14001, EMAS, Ecocampus, Green Dragon, etc) (out of 4 points) |
0 |
Total out of 8 points |
1.5 |
4. Ethical Investment Policy
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
4 a) Does the University have a publicly available ethical investment policy published in last five years. (out of 1 point) |
0 |
4 b) Does the University have a publicly available ethical investment policy which is reported on annually or are there are ongoing opportunities for staff, students and other stakeholders to engage with the policy. (out of 1 point) |
0 |
4 c) Has institution on ethical grounds: a) divested, b) invested, c) engaged with companies as a shareholder, or d) changed banking provider. (out of 1 point) |
0 |
4 d) Does the ethical investment policy make specific reference to taking action due to environmental considerations (out of 1 point) |
0 |
Total out of 4 points |
0 |
5. Carbon Management
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
5 a) Does the University have a publicly available carbon management plan with a specific percentage time bound carbon reduction target with a baseline that includes direct energy use (out of 2 points) |
0 |
5 b) How ambitious is the institutions short term percentage carbon reduction target (0 to 3 points depending on how target compares to the sector wide targets) |
0 |
5 c) Does the scope of the carbon management plan baseline include the following areas: |
|
Procurement (out of 1 point) |
0 |
Staff and student business trips e.g. flights to conferences and field trips (out of 1 point) |
0 |
Staff and students commuting to university on a daily basis (out of 0.5 points) |
0 |
Carbon emissions associated with the travel between students’ homes and the university at the start and end of term (including international students’ travel to and from their home country) (out of 0.5 points) |
0 |
Total out of 8 points |
0 |
6. Sustainable Procurement and Fairtrade accreditation
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
6 a) Does the institution have a publicly-available Sustainable Food Policy or a Sustainable Procurement Policy which integrates sustainability criteria for food? (if over 50% of catering is outsourced, then similar sustainability specifications should be built into catering contracts) (out of 0.5 point) |
0.5 |
6 b) Does institution do two or more of the following: (1 point)
|
1 |
6 c) Is the University an accredited Fairtrade University with the Fairtrade Foundation (out of 1.5 points) |
0 |
Total out of 3 points |
1.5 |
7. Student and Staff Engagement
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
7) Which of the following happens at your institution:
(0 points if doing none or only one. 1 point if doing 2 or 3. 2 points if doing 4-6. 3 points if doing 7 or more) |
2 |
Total out of 3 points |
2 |
Performance
8. Energy sources
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
8 a) Percentage total energy from renewable energy sources subject to LECs (0 to 3 points depending on renewable energy compared to other institutions) |
0 |
8 b) Institution has an onsite Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) (out of 1 point) |
0 |
8 c) Percentage of total energy generated on-site from Low and Zero-Carbon (LZC) technologies (0 to 2 point compared to other institutions) |
0 |
Total out of 6 points |
0 |
9. Waste
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
9 a) Percentage of waste an institution recycles (0 to 4 points depending on percentage of waste recycled compared to other institutions) |
1 |
9 b) Waste mass per head (0 to 4 points depending on percentage change compared to other institutions) |
0 |
Total out of 8 points: |
1 |
10. Carbon emissions per head
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
10 a) Institution’s carbon emissions per head (0 to 4 points depending on carbon emissions per head compared to other institutions) |
1 |
10 b) Institutional carbon emissions reductions compared to sector-wide carbon reduction targets from 2005 baseline. (0 - 4 points) |
0 |
Total out of 8 points: |
1 |
11. Water consumption per head
Area |
Score |
|---|---|
11 a) Water consumption per head (0 to 4 points awarded depending on water consumption per head compared to other institutions) |
2 |
11 b) Percentage total water from grey or rain water (0 to 4 points compared to other institutions) |
0 |
Total out of 8 points: |
2 |
Analysis information
Grades
Grade boundaries were set after the scores are collated.
Which universities are assessed?
People & Planet asked all UK universities to provide information for the Green League 2010. Of the 137 eligible to take part, 133 universities provided People & Planet and Hefce with enough information to be entered into the Green League 2010.
- For both the University of London and the University of Wales, we have taken the constituent colleges.
How has the information been collected?
Research for criteria 1-5
Information for criteria 1-5 is gathered by the Green League 2010 which is submitted to universities as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act / Environmental Information Regulations. The responses to this questionnaire were analysed by a team of student researchers.
Research for criteria 6
Information for criteria 6 was gathered through Green League 2010 questionnaire which is submitted to universities as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act / Environmental Information Regulations. The responses to this questionnaire were analysed by a team of staff, student researchers and researchers at Sustain. Fairtrade University accreditation information is supplied directly by the Fairtrade Foundation. Information on universities working towards Soil Association Food for Life catering mark was supplied by the Soil Association.
Research for criteria 7
Information for criteria 7 is gathered through the Green League 2010 questionnaire which is submitted to universities as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act / Environmental Information Regulations. The responses to this questionnaire were analysed by a team of staff and student researchers. Sound Impact Environmental Award accreditation information is supplied directly by NUS Services Ltd.
Research for criteria 8-11.
The remaining criteria relate to on-the-ground environmental performance outcomes. This information comes from Estate Management Statistics (EMS), obtained through a freedom of information request to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and computed by People & Planet.
