The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia, has successfully improved its ranking in the 2022 GreenMetrik UI. This year, FMIPA UI was ranked the second most sustainable faculty within the university. This achievement is a significant jump from the previous year’s ranking of 15th.
The announcement of the rankings and the award ceremony were held by UI on Monday (12/12), at the UI Convention Hall, Depok Campus, and broadcast on UI’s official YouTube channel.
The Dean of FMIPA UI, Dede Djuhana, Ph.D., expressed his gratitude and highest appreciation to the special GreenMetric team at FMIPA UI for their hard work in collecting, evaluating, improving, and entering the data that needed to be completed in the survey.
The Dean also expressed his gratitude to his staff, and all academics and members of the FMIPA UI community who had supported the team’s performance.
“Thank God, this ranking has shot up extraordinarily. I really appreciate and thank the GreenMetric FMIPA UI team, as well as the academic community and educational staff who also helped strive for this success,” said the Dean.
“We at the FMIPA UI leadership level also continue to direct, monitor, and evaluate data that we believe requires special attention for improvement,” he added.
Furthermore, the Dean emphasized that apart from this award, FMIPA UI is always committed to managing the campus environment, in order to realize a green, sustainable and environmentally conscious campus.
“This is also to promote UI as an agent of social change related to sustainable goals,” he said.
This commitment is expressed through the determination of the GreenMetric program policy direction within the UI Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, namely the Energy Conservation Program Policy, Transportation Policy, Policy on Limiting the Use of Hazardous and Toxic Materials for Food and Beverage Packaging, Policy on Reducing the Use of Paper and Plastic, Clean Water Conservation Policy, Policy on the Use of Bicycles and Pedestrian Paths, and the Smoke-Free Area Policy.
On the same occasion, UI GreenMetric also announced its sustainability ranking awards at both the Indonesian and international levels. UI itself was named the Best Sustainable Campus in 2022.
UI GreenMetric is a UI innovation widely recognized internationally as the world’s first university ranking based on a strong commitment to campus environmental management. Now, UI GreenMetric of World Universities is gaining global recognition and is increasingly being adopted by universities in various countries.
This year, the number of participants reached 1,050 universities from 85 countries worldwide, an increase from the previous year (2021) of 956 universities from 80 countries. In Indonesia, there are 126 universities that have participated in UI GreenMetric. The UI GreenMetric 2021 assessment is based on three pillars: Environment, Economy, and Social, with assessment indicators weighted to Campus Condition and Infrastructure (15%), Energy and Climate Change (21%), Waste Management (18%), Water Use (10%), Transportation (18%), and Education and Research (18%).
UI Rector, Prof. Ari Kuncoro, S.E., M.A., Ph.D., appreciated the UI GreenMetric ranking which originated from UI and has become world-renowned as it is today. He said, “This year the teaching and learning process has been running extensively, again utilizing campus infrastructure. Various innovations have been carried out by adapting to new habits to be cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable. Management of higher education institutions to become centers for the realization of a green economy continues to be carried out. The impact of campus activities on the environment, social, and economy of the community is sought in many programs initiated by lecturers. Cooperation between universities worldwide and in Indonesia is seen from the enthusiasm to participate in this ranking and carry out transformations on their campuses.”
