۶Ƶhas ranked within the top 200 in all Sustainability Development Goals.
Times Higher Education hasagainrankedMasseyUniversitywithin the top 200 inallSustainability Development Goals(SDG’s)measuredand inside the top 100 for each newaddedgoal this year.
Overall the University ranked in the top 100for 11 SDG’s, with four in the top 50,including10thin the worldfor‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’,20thfor ‘Partnership of the Goals’,25thfor ‘Zero Hunger’and37thfor ‘Climate Action’.
First published in 2019 based on 11 of the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals,the2020 rankingsare the first tofeature all 17 goals. The rankings are part ofTHE’spioneering initiative torecogniseuniversities across the world for their social and economic impact based on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
“In 2019 ۶Ƶwas the only NZ university ranked in every goal measured. It’s great toagain be recognised for the widespread impact of our sustainability impact”says۶Ƶ Director of Sustainability Dr Allanah Ryan.
“These are fantastic results considering the number of universities ranked this year will have greatly increased.To be ranked in the top 10 globally for‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’is a greatacknowledgement of the world leading research and teaching that occurs at Massey.”
"Ourincrease in SDG 13 ‘Climate Action’is alsopleasing. At theUniversitywe havehada real focus in this area with full support from the Vice-Chancellor and senior leadership.So tomove from the 101-200 bandlast yearinto the world top 50 at 37thplaceis fantastic.”
Overall rankings are based on SDG 17 ‘Partnership of the Goals’, together with each university's top three rankings.The 2020 rankings are based on data collection from around 850 universities (up from 500 in 2019) with seven out of eight of the NZ universities now participating (up from four last year).
“Given the increased global participation with the rankings, ۶Ƶ is very pleased with a ranking of 60th overall, and with our increases in key areas” says ۶Ƶ Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jan Thomas.
“We’ve set ourselves an ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2030 and have committed to range of initiatives through our Climate Action Plan, including becoming the first New Zealand university to offset the carbon emissions from its staff travel with Air New Zealand.”
۶Ƶoffersa dedicatedMasters of Sustainable Development Goals,also available by distance education.For more information about sustainability at ۶Ƶclick here.
Media Contact:
Mike Shaw
۶Ƶ Communications Team
021 342 935
mshaw2@massey.ac.nz
Dr Allanah Ryan
Director Sustainability
+64 (06) 356 9099 ext. 83849
A.M.Ryan@massey.ac.nz