De La Salle University-Dasmariñas (DLSU-D) continues to lead the Philippines’ higher educational institutions (HEIs) included in the Greenmetric World University Ranking for sustainable practice in schools.
Five universities in the 2020 edition of the Greenmetric Rankings namely, DLSU-D, De La Salle University Manila (DLSU), Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology (MSUIIT), Xavier University Ateneo De Cagayan, and Ateneo de Davao University stayed on the Greenmetric Ranking while Manila Central University, Bataan Peninsula State University, and Tarlac Agricultural University joined the 2021 edition.
The Lasallian university in Cavite province maintained its top ranking for the 9th straight year in the Greenmetric Ranking edition for 2021 released on December 14 by the Universitas Indonesia which started the annual rankings in 2010 to measure each participating university’s commitment to developing an environmentally friendly university. DLSU-D joined the rankings in 2013.
The eight Philippine universities made it to the list of 956 universities from 80 countries included in the rankings that look at 6 indicators – setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation and education.
The 2021 ranking included metrics scoring the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic which kept most schools in the Philippines closed and shifting to alternative modes of learning off-campus.
DLSU-D is ranked 180th among the Greenmetric world universities list topped by the Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. The greenest Philippine university ranked 85th out of 512 Asian universities led by Universitas Indonesia.
DLSU-D is the only university to break into the Greenmetric World Top 200 and Asian Top 100, making it the most sustainable university in the Philippines.
“DLSU-D is once again the leader among Philippine Universities in terms of sustainability – even during a pandemic – we can still be sustainable. I am proud to be from DLSU-D, I am proud to be ‘green’,” University Chancellor Br. Francisco “Sockie” dela Rosa VI FSC stated in the university report about the Greenmetric Rankings.
DLSU-D is a Green Gown Top 3 Sustainability Institution of the Year.
Following are the performance scores of the 8 Philippine HEIs in the Greenmetric World University Rankings 2021:
De La Salle University – Dasmarinas
World Rank: 180
Asian Rank: 85
Total score: 7325
Highest score: Education & Research
- Setting & Infrastructure – 925
- Energy & Climate Change – 1525
- Waste – 1500
- Water – 550
- Transportation – 1275
- Education & Research – 1550
De La Salle University Manila Philippines
World Rank: 228
Asian Rank: 115
Total score: 7050
Highest score: Waste
- Setting & Infrastructure – 800
- Energy & Climate Change – 1200
- Waste – 1575
- Water – 650
- Transportation – 1400
- Education & Research – 1425
Tarlac Agricultural University
World Rank: 261
Asian Rank: 133
Total score: 6900
Highest score: Education & Research
- Setting & Infrastructure – 1150
- Energy & Climate Change – 1250
- Waste – 900
- Water – 700
- Transportation – 1275
- Education & Research – 1625
Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology
World Rank: 523
Asian Rank: 269
Total score: 5325
Highest score: Education & Research
- Setting & Infrastructure – 625
- Energy & Climate Change – 1100
- Waste – 675
- Water – 250
- Transportation – 1275
- Education & Research – 1400
Xavier University Ateneo De Cagayan
World Rank: 660
Asian Rank: 337
Total score: 4650
Highest score: Waste
- Setting & Infrastructure – 700
- Energy & Climate Change – 525
- Waste – 1050
- Water – 550
- Transportation – 900
- Education & Research – 925
Ateneo de Davao University
World Rank: 663
Asian Rank: 339
Total score: 4625
Highest score: Transportation
- Setting & Infrastructure – 600
- Energy & Climate Change – 825
- Waste – 900
- Water – 500
- Transportation – 1050
- Education & Research – 750
Manila Central University
World Rank: 719
Asian Rank: 371
Total score: 4275
Highest score: Waste
- Setting & Infrastructure – 825
- Energy & Climate Change – 375
- Waste – 1350
- Water – 500
- Transportation – 825
- Education & Research – 400
Bataan Peninsula State University
World Rank: 737
Asian Rank: 381
Total score: 4100
Highest score: Education & Research
- Setting & Infrastructure – 775
- Energy & Climate Change – 550
- Waste – 600
- Water -350
- Transportation – 850
- Education & Research – 975
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