People & Planet Green League
Who is the greenest of them all?
People & Planet’s Green League is the only comprehensive and independent league table of UK universities ranked by environmental and ethical performance. It is compiled annually by the UK’s largest student campaigning network, People & Planet.
The 2012 league table is currently being compiled and will be published in late May in The Guardian.
View the methodology People & Planet uses to create the 2012 Green League table
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View the most recent People & Planet league table (2011) now
How green is your university?
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The award-winning People & Planet Green League is the only independent league table showing the environmental & ethical performance of UK universities and is credited with putting climate change on the desk of every Vice-Chancellor in the UK.
More universities than ever participated in People & Planet’s Green League 2011 with 143 universities have providing People & Planet and HESA with enough information to be entered into the 2011 league table, compared 133 universities last year.
The 2011 league table was published on 7 June by The Guardian. View the full features on The Guardian Education website
On the release of the last league table in June 2010, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, said:
“The Green League throws a spotlight onto the work being done in universities to cut emissions, and I hope it will encourage universities and students to redouble their efforts in the fight against climate change. It is the students in universities today who will be carrying on the work to build the low-carbon Britain of tomorrow, and it is vital that universities and Government set a good example.
Find out what people are saying about this year’s People & Planet Green League on our **Supporters page
For potential students
If you are considering going to university compare your UCAS choices first by using our Create-Your-Own Green League tool. Studying or working at the greenest UK universities has a minimal impact on your carbon footprint, whereas going to the worst can dramatically increase your own carbon footprint!
On 7 June 2011, People & Planet also launched a free new Green League phone app which you can download directly from iTunes or via an iPhone. You can use this to simply compare universities you’re thinking of applying to, or to see how your current university compares to others.
Once you start at the university of choice, get involved in campaigning with your local People & Planet group and work with your university to make the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable future
Visit our Student Media page to help make a big splash about the Green League results in your local student paper.
A BIG Thank you!
People & Planet would like to thank the following for making this year’s Green League possible, by contributing their time, expertise, data or for their generous financial contributions:
pebble.it inspirational software & support
The Universities & Colleges Union
We would also like to thank all our hard-working student volunteers without whom the compilation of the People & Planet Green League 2011 would simply not have been possible. In no particular order, thank you to Alys Mumford, Emily Earhart, Sarah Moore, Eldin Sahinovic, Ramy Salem, Daniel Key, Suraiya Tasnim, Peter LeFort, Beth Tichborne, Rik Ganly, Louise Sun, Roya Shahrokni, Andrew Taylor & Aliceja Fischer. And a big thanks to the Green League project team Richard Roaf, Alice Hemming, Rich Lott and Louise Hazan.
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For the criteria People & Planet used to calculate the scores read the Green League Methodology
