Friday 18 July 2008

UWE now ranked third in UK for sustainability

UWE has jumped five places in People and Planet's league table for sustainable universities and is now ranked THIRD out of all (>120) UK Universities. The assessment criteria are updated every year to reflect the great improvements being made in environmental policies and performance in the UK Higher Education system, and to help drive further improvements and the turning of policies into actions.  This year the assessment was made over 9 key indicators:

Management and Policy
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Publicly available environmental policy
- Full-time environment staff
- Comprehensive environmental auditing
- Fairtrade University accreditation
- Ethical investment policy

 
More information on UWE's performance
The full People and Planet league table