UI Greenmetric Data Review : A workshop on ranking improvement

18 September, A workshop and data reviewing session for UI Greenmetric Ranking was held at Banquet Hall, Tun Abdul Razak Chancellory on 18 September 2017. Main objective for this workshop is to give exposure to all the head of departments involved on the roles and responsibility that they have to play for the betterment of UMP ranking in UI Greenmetric.

UI Greenmentric Ranking involves assessment on six (6) main criteria, which is Setting & Infrastructure (15%), Energy & Climate Change (21%), Waste (18%), Water (18%). Education (18%) and Transportation (18%). From these main criteria, UMP are more likely to focus on Healthy Lifestyle as part of activities that contribute to the green campus initiative.

For this workshop, Dr. Nyoman Suwartha (Vice Chair), Dr. Budi Hartono (Expert Member) and Miss Hastin Setiani (UI GreenMetric Secretarat) from Universitas Indonesia has been invited to give an explanation on six main criteria and its weightage for UI Greenmetric Ranking.

According to Prof. Dato’ Dr. Daing, UMP’s involvement in this ranking was not only to get the best spot, more than that, it is for self-discipline and to teach ourselves to do the right thing in our daily lives, and this includes the teaching and learning activities.

He added, to ensure the success of UI Greenmetric Ranking agenda, it has been set as one of the Key Performance Index (KPI) in UMP Strategic Plan 2016-2020.

UMP gives full support and commitment for green campus initiatives. This can be seen in UMP Pekan Campus where the surrounding is still green despite the rapid growth of the campus.

UMP ranked 58th in the world in UI-GreenMetric World University Ranking 2016 for its effort in campus sustainability and environmental management.