Our achievements
People and Planet Green League 2008
Loughborough University was ranked fifth, and awarded a First Class degree for its solid environmental performance, in the People and Planet Green League 2008.
The University rose a staggering 28 places in this year’s league table of 121 universities, providing a clear demonstration of the University’s burgeoning position as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions for environmental awareness and activity.
The Green League looks at both universities’ commitment to environmental management and at their performance. It takes into consideration nine indicators, including the number of full-time environment staff employed, the percentage of waste recycled and water consumption per head.
Overall Loughborough scored 47.5 points out of a total of 60, gaining ‘gold stars’ in four categories – environmental policy, environmental staff, Fairtrade university status and recycled waste.
“Loughborough began to embrace the sustainability agenda long ago – for instance we were one of, if not the first university in the country to begin using a hundred per cent ‘green’ power back in 2002,” said Andrew Burgess, Director of Estates Services at the University.
“Our ‘green’ commitment has gone from strength to strength and this latest league table ranking consolidates our position as a leader in the field.”
The University’s success in the People and Planet Green League follows Loughborough Students’ Union’s (LSU) 7th place ranking in the Sunday Times Green List 2008, which listed the ‘greenest’ organisations in the UK. LSU was also named winner of the award for the best small company with low environmental impact.
Last September Loughborough was selected to be the headquarters for the Government’s £1 billion national Energy Technologies Institute.
