Trent University Rises 14 Spots In Ranking Of World’s Most Sustainable Universities

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Trent University’s reputation as a world-leading environmental university continues to grow with the news they have been named among the Top 100 most sustainable university campuses around the world.

The findings in the recently released 2019 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings report demonstrate Trent’s ongoing commitment to reducing the University’s environmental impact as they moved up 14 spots in the international ranking of 780 universities worldwide. Trent also moved up one spot to be a Top 5 sustainable campus in Canada.

“Trent’s rising and competitive position in this global ranking since 2017 really shows our leadership when it comes to the environment,” says Kent Stringham, vice-president of Finance and Administration at Trent.

Trent’s ranking as the 66th greenest campus in the world and fifth in Canada is based on the University’s performance across six categories: education and research, setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, and transportation.

Trent ranked first in Canada and 10th in the world for the waste category in the report. The University diverts more than 80 percent of its waste away from landfill.

Trent sent 30 tonnes less to landfills just last year, helped by the implementation of a $7 membership to use eco-trays, a reusable container at food vendors on campus, plus a $1 charge on single-use meal containers.

Notably, Trent is also an entirely LED campus having installed 55,447 LED lightbulbs since 2016.

All of these efforts by Trent and more are factored into the GreenMetric rankings, the first and only university rankings in the world that measure each participating university’s commitment in developing an “environmentally friendly” infrastructure.

“I am so impressed by Trent’s achievement moving up 14 spots in the global rankings in a single year,” says Shelley Strain, sustainability coordinator at Trent University. “Every year, it gets harder to score well as new metrics or subcategories are added each year, standards are raised, and scores for previous initiatives can expire. Our 2019 ranking is a reflection of our continuous improvement.”

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