For the second year running, Cambridge has received a First for its environmental performance in the People Planet Green Universities League Table.

The University was placed fifth equal out of around 120 Higher Education Institutions in this year's league table published last week in the Times Higher Education Supplement (up from 8th equal last time).

The league table is based on information on energy and water use, greenhouse gas emissions and recycling rates contained in the annual HEFCE Estate Management Statistics, supplemented by information supplied by individual institutions relating to their environmental policies and management systems.

Cambridge was the highest-placed of the Russell Group Institutions, with Oxford being placed 50th equal.

Martin Whiteland, the University's Environmental Officer, said: "This is a tremendous achievement that could not have been made without the help and support of staff throughout the University. They make considerable efforts to help reduce our environmental impact by reducing non-essential energy usage and by segregating recyclable wastes to reduce the amount of waste that we send to landfill".

For the full table see the link above right.  

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