Eco group critiques practices
By Tyler DeBoard | October 29, 2010After evaluating nine categories relating to green energy practices, the Sustainable Endowments Institute's Green 2011 Report Card gave the University an overall B grade, an improvement from last year's B-. The report provides in-depth sustainability profiles and includes those institutions with the 300 largest endowments in the United States and Canada. "The goal of the report card is to highlight schools that are excelling in promoting sustainability on campus in their operations and within their endowment opportunities," said Susan Paykin, director of communications for the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The average grade given to the surveyed colleges was a B, with 56 percent of surveyed colleges receiving the mark. The University received As in six of the nine grading components, doing well in administration, food & recycling, green building, student involvement, transportation and investment priorities.
