Bath Spa University has been recognised as a First Class university in the People and Planet University League Table 2015, which was recently revealed.
The University has been ranked 28th out of 151 UK universities.
Each institution is awarded a First class degree, 2:1, 2:2, Third, or Fail – according to 13 criteria including: Environmental policy, audit and human resources, and their performance in areas such as carbon reduction, waste and water recycling, student engagement, curriculum for sustainable development, energy efficiency, sustainable food and workers’ rights.
Bath Spa achieved an overall score of 61.1 per cent and scored particularly well in a number of the criteria including; Environmental auditing (100 per cent), Key impacts (100 per cent), Carbon reduction (90 per cent) and Environmental staff (75 per cent).
The People & Planet University League is compiled annually by the UK’s largest student campaigning network, People & Planet.
Sustainability Manager Dr Julian Greaves said: “We take sustainability and environmental stewardship seriously at Bath Spa University and are delighted to see that our efforts have been recognised once again in this year’s People and Planet Green League, with another First-Class place.
“While much of the good work we have been doing over the last couple of years is not recognised in the Green League score card, it is nonetheless a welcome recognition of all our efforts.”
The full table of results is available at http://peopleandplanet.org/university-league
