Northumbria
University, Newcastle, has risen 64 places in the past five years in the
ultimate UK universities’ environmental table, and gained recognition in the
national Green Gown Awards.
The University has
risen to 37th place in the Annual People & Planet University League
- its highest ever ranking in this league table.
Scoring particularly well in the areas
of staff and student engagement, carbon management, and
waste management, Northumbria has risen up the Annual People & Planet
University League 2017 from a starting position of 101st in 2012.
Northumbria also
went on to be shortlisted and ‘highly commended’ in two categories at the prestigious Green Gown Awards, organised by the Environmental
Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC).
The awards
ceremony, which took place on Wednesday 15th November, in
Manchester, celebrated the inspirational sustainability
initiatives of 113 finalists, representing over 1.5 million students and
244,000 staff.
This was the first
year Northumbria had entered the awards and the University was highly commended
in the Best Newcomer and Carbon Reduction categories.
Damon Kent,
Director of Campus Services at Northumbria University, said: “Our progress in
the Annual People & Planet University League is excellent news for
Northumbria and demonstrates our consistent and genuine improvement in the area
of Environmental Sustainability. Thanks go to all of our staff and students who
are helping realise fantastic advances in our sustainability performance. Further success at the Green Gown Awards is evidence of our tremendous progress
in this area of activity.”
Significant work has taken place at
Northumbria University around environmental sustainability and has achieved
significant benefits. These include saving £950,000 on the University’s energy
bills, reducing its carbon emissions by 28% in 2 years, running over 70
sustainability events and working with hundreds of staff and students. The
University looks forward to building on these achievements further across all
areas of its activity and to further Improving Sustainability Together.
