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People & Planet Green League 2010
The People & Planet Green League 2010 was published on 10 June in the Times Higher Education. The award-winning Green League is the only league table showing the environmental performance of Britain’s universities.
More universities than ever participated in People & Planet’s Green League 2010, with even more keen to take part next year. 137 were eligible for inclusion in the Green League 2010. Of these, 133 universities provided People & Planet and HEFCE with enough information to be entered into the Green League 2010.
This year People & Planet strengthened its methodology and process to make the Green League 2010 the most rigorous yet. After extensive consultation with environment managers and experts in the sector we added new criteria to measure carbon reductions, sustainable procurement initiatives and the levels and impact of student/staff engagement.
Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, said yesterday:
“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.
For the first time ever, the Green League 2010 compared the scope and ambition of 133 universities’ carbon reduction plans against sector-wide climate targets introduced earlier this year by UUK, GuildHE and HEFCE. Whilst some universities are on track to cut emissions by 34% over the next 10 years, the Green League also shows a severe lack of ambition and urgency across the sector more broadly.
If you are considering going to uni check out its performance first as studying or working at the greenest UK unis has a minimal impact on your carbon footprint, whereas studying at the worst in People & Planet’s Green League 2010 adds almost a third to the average UK carbon footprint.
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For the criteria People & Planet used to calculate the scores read the Methodology 2010
For the highlights please download the Green League in numbers
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