The Green league 2013: which universities are top of the class?

Manchester Metropolitan university has been named the greenest university in the UK. Which other universities make the green list and which are bottom of the class?
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Students from the Urban Gardening Society at Manchester Metropolitan University, which has topped the Green League this year. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Manchester Metropolitan University has been named the greenest university in the UK according to the green league published exclusively by the Guardian today.

The People & Planet Green League 2013 has assessed the environmental and ethical performance of 143 universities, scoring them on their actions and attitudes towards a green living to create the rankings. Plymouth University have remained in second place again but the University of Gloucestershire has moved up one position since last year to take third place. Anna Bawden writes today:

A door off the glass corridor inside the main science building at Manchester Metropolitan University leads visitors into a courtyard that has become an unlikely symbol of the university's efforts to become more sustainable. This previously empty space and eyesore was transformed last summer into an interactive garden for staff and students by members of the university's Urban Gardening Society. Now, benches are dotted around and a path winds past raised wooden beds. Three beds are wheelchair-accessible and all the plants are labelled.

Last year's winner, Greenwich fell five places making it sixth on the rankings. A First Class degree was awarded to the top ranking institutions (awards are given after scores have been collated) for their efforts.

So who are the top climbers? Sheffield University has jumped an impressive 63 places from 119th to 56th. Glasgow University has climbed 47 places to reach 77th place this year.

So who is bottom of the class? Alice Wooley writes today:

London South Bank, which last year achieved a 2:1, this year did not even sit the exam, meaning it was one of nine institutions that did not provide the information needed.
Oxford and Cambridge both perform worse this year than in 2012. Cambridge gets a third and drops 17 places, now ranking 113th out of 143. Oxford, which scraped a third in 2012, is one of this year's failures.

A full explanation of the methodology behind the league can be found on the People & Planet web site.

King's College London has dropped 46 places from 45th in 2012 to 91st. The Royal College of Art and the University of the West of Scotland have also slipped down the rankings with a drop of 43 and 39 respectively. Both Leeds Metropolitan and the University of Manchester are down 37 places since last year.

Those institutions that failed to complete the questionnaire at all or provide any information under the FOI request used to collect the data were given a 'fail' and ranked as 'did not sit exam'.

The full league table can be downloaded below.

• 12 June 2013: The downloadable spreadsheet in this article has been amended today due to errors with the tables showing the incorrect 2012 rank and subsequently an incorrect figure for the change in position. The table below the article was not affected.

Data summary

Green league 2013

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2013 Rank	2012 Rank	University	Change in position since 2012	Award Class	Total Score	Policy (40)	Performance(30)
1	10	Manchester Metropolitan University	9	1st	59.5	35.5	24
2	2	University of Plymouth	0	1st	59	38	21
3	4	University of Gloucestershire	1	1st	58	39	19
4	11	University of Worcester	7	1st	57.5	37.5	20
5	3	University of Brighton	-2	1st	57	37	20
6	1	University of Greenwich	-5	1st	56	33	23
7	5	Nottingham Trent University	-2	1st	55	34	21
7	15	Oxford Brookes University	8	1st	55	35	20
9	8	University of Bradford	-1	1st	54	32	22
9	6	University of Central Lancashire	-3	1st	54	32	22
11	7	Bournemouth University	-4	1st	53	32	21
12	11	Aston University	-1	1st	51	31	20
13	24	University of Exeter	11	1st	50.5	34.5	16
14	19	Sheffield Hallam University	5	1st	49	26	23
15	26	Newcastle University	11	1st	48.5	35.5	13
16	31	Staffordshire University	15	1st	48	28	20
17	33	Canterbury Christ Church University	16	1st	47.5	34.5	13
17	59	University of Reading	42	1st	47.5	28.5	19
17	51	University of Salford	34	1st	47.5	27.5	20
20	19	Bangor University	-1	1st	47	34	13
20	36	University of Bedfordshire	16	1st	47	27	20
22	42	London School of Economics And Political Science	20	1st	46.5	32.5	14
23	36	University of Bristol	13	1st	46	36	10
23	21	Cardiff Metropolitan University	-2	1st	46	29	17
23	59	City University London	36	1st	46	29	17
23	31	University of Ulster	8	1st	46	23	23
27	26	Birmingham City University	-1	1st	45.5	26.5	19
28	47	University of Chichester	19	1st	45	33	12
28	11	University of East Anglia	-17	1st	45	32	13
30	16	De Montfort University	-14	1st	44.5	23.5	21
31	38	Harper Adams University College	7	1st	44	31	13
31	11	University of The West of England, Bristol	-20	1st	44	31	13
33	8	Bath Spa University	-25	1st	43.5	24.5	19
34	38	University of Hertfordshire	4	1st	43	28	15
34	26	Edinburgh Napier University	-8	1st	43	26	17
34	33	University of Wales, Newport	-1	1st	43	27	16
34	38	Queen Margaret University	4	1st	43	22	21
34	47	University of Surrey	13	1st	43	31	12
39	21	Liverpool John Moores University	-18	1st	42.5	21.5	21
39	70	Swansea University	31	1st	42.5	31.5	11
39	53	University of Winchester	14	1st	42.5	27.5	15
39	53	University of Wolverhampton	14	1st	42.5	20.5	22
43	26	Coventry University	-17	1st	42	23	19
43	25	University of Derby	-18	1st	42	23	19
43	16	University of East London	-27	1st	42	22	20
46	42	University of Edinburgh	-4	2:1	41	29	12
46	59	Glasgow Caledonian University	13	2:1	41	21	20
46	21	University of Huddersfield	-25	2:1	41	17	24
46	16	University of Portsmouth	-30	2:1	41	30	11
46	80	University of West London	34	2:1	41	19	22
51	26	Anglia Ruskin University	-25	2:1	40.5	27.5	13
52	70	Middlesex University, London	18	2:1	40	19	21
53	64	University of Chester	11	2:1	39	29	10
53	38	Edge Hill University	-15	2:1	39	22	17
53	47	Royal College of Music, London	-6	2:1	39	27	12
56	47	University of Lincoln	-9	2:1	38.5	15.5	23
56	119	University of Sheffield	63	2:1	38.5	24.5	14
58	101	University of Leeds	43	2:1	38	29	9
59	64	Keele University	5	2:1	37.5	24.5	13
59	52	Loughborough University	-7	2:1	37.5	27.5	10
61	75	Birkbeck, University of London	14	2:1	37	18	19
61	42	Kingston University	-19	2:1	37	26	11
61	84	Southampton Solent University	23	2:1	37	20	17
61	89	University College London	28	2:1	37	32	5
65	53	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	-12	2:1	36.5	25.5	11
65	59	Institute of Education	-6	2:1	36.5	26.5	10
65	96	University of Sunderland	31	2:1	36.5	20.5	16
65	45	University of Sussex	-20	2:1	36.5	25.5	11
69	80	Arts University College at Bournemouth	11	2:1	36	18	18
70	53	Brunel University	-17	2:1	35	25	10
70	33	Leeds Metropolitan University	-37	2:1	35	16	19
70	57	University of Nottingham	-13	2:1	35	24	11
73	89	Newman University College	16	2:1	34.5	18.5	16
73	96	School of Oriental And African Studies	23	2:1	34.5	17.5	17
73	64	Teesside University	-9	2:1	34.5	19.5	15
76	112	York St John University	36	2:1	34	22	12
77	124	University of Glasgow	47	2:2	33.5	24.5	9
77	84	University of Northampton	7	2:2	33.5	19.5	14
79	75	University of Essex	-4	2:2	33	25	8
79	89	Glyndwr University	10	2:2	33	21	12
81	80	University of Aberdeen	-1	2:2	32.5	24.5	8
81	57	University of Bath	-24	2:2	32.5	23.5	9
81	126	University of Cumbria	45	2:2	32.5	17.5	15
81	75	University of St Andrews	-6	2:2	32.5	24.5	8
85	75	Cardiff University	-10	2:2	32	23	9
85	70	University of Glamorgan	-15	2:2	32	17	15
85	107	University of Kent	22	2:2	32	22	10
85	84	Lancaster University	-1	2:2	32	23	9
85	101	Northumbria University	16	2:2	32	13	19
85	84	University of Southampton	-1	2:2	32	18	14
91	104	Glasgow School of Art	13	2:2	31.5	22.5	9
91	45	King's College London	-46	2:2	31.5	19.5	12
93	68	Queens University of Belfast	-25	2:2	31	19	12
94	75	University of Hull	-19	2:2	30.5	19.5	11
94	89	Swansea Metropolitan University	-5	2:2	30.5	14.5	16
96	89	University of Leicester	-7	2:2	30	22	8
96	59	University of Manchester	-37	2:2	30	26	4
96	107	The Open University	11	2:2	30	10	20
96	104	Royal Holloway, University of London	8	2:2	30	23	7
100	70	Durham University	-30	2:2	29.5	23.5	6
100	126	University College Falmouth	26	2:2	29.5	17.5	12
100	110	Goldsmiths, University of London	10	2:2	29.5	23.5	6
100	112	London Metropolitan University	12	2:2	29.5	14.5	15
100	107	University of Westminster	7	2:2	29.5	20.5	9
105	89	University of Birmingham	-16	2:2	29	17	12
105	116	Cranfield University	11	2:2	29	25	4
107	101	Queen Mary, University of London	-6	2:2	28.5	24.5	4
107	64	Royal College of Art	-43	2:2	28.5	18.5	10
109	80	University of Dundee	-29	3rd	28	21	7
109	117	Roehampton University	8	3rd	28	20	8
109	95	University Campus Suffolk	-14	3rd	28	13	15
109	126	University of York	17	3rd	28	19	9
113	96	University of Cambridge	-17	3rd	27.5	19.5	8
113	96	Imperial College London	-17	3rd	27.5	21.5	6
113	84	University of Strathclyde	-29	3rd	27.5	15.5	12
113	74	University of The West of Scotland	-39	3rd	27.5	16.5	11
113	119	University of Wales, Trinity St. David	6	3rd	27.5	21.5	6
113	104	University of Warwick	-9	3rd	27.5	18.5	9
119	112	University of Liverpool	-7	3rd	27	17	10
119	119	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	0	3rd	27	23	4
119	142	Royal Agricultural College	23	3rd	27	17	10
119	136	St George's, University of London	17	3rd	27	21	6
123	110	Heriot-Watt University	-13	3rd	26.5	21.5	5
123	96	The Robert Gordon University	-27	3rd	26.5	13.5	13
125	141	University College Plymouth Marjon	16	3rd	25.5	15.5	10
126	140	The Central School of Speech And Drama	14	3rd	25	14	11
127	136	Liverpool Hope University	9	3rd	24.5	11.5	13
127	132	Royal Veterinary College	5	3rd	24.5	20.5	4
127	129	University of Stirling	2	3rd	24.5	17.5	7
127	112	University of The Arts, London	-15	3rd	24.5	13.5	11
131	131	Royal Academy of Music	0	3rd	23.5	15.5	8
132	119	University of Oxford	-13	Fail	22	17	5
132	119	Ravensbourne	-13	Fail	22	12	10
132	133	Royal Northern College of Music	1	Fail	22	14	8
135	133	Aberystwyth University	-2	Fail	21.5	13.5	8
135	133	University for the Creative Arts	-2	Fail	21.5	11.5	10
137	124	Buckinghamshire New University	-13	Fail	21	5	16
138	138	Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln	0	Fail	20.5	2.5	18
139	N/A	Leeds Trinity University	N/A	Fail	17.5	6.5	11
140	129	University of Bolton	-11	Fail	17	7	10
141	117	University of Abertay Dundee	-24	Fail	14.5	6.5	8
142	142	London Business School	0	Fail	10.5	6.5	4
143	144	Heythrop College	1	Fail	8.5	2.5	6
N/A	N/A	Courtauld Institute of Art	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	N/A	Norwich University of the Arts	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	68	London South Bank University	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	N/A	St Mary's University College, Twickenham	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	N/A	St Mary's University College, Belfast	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	N/A	Stranmillis University College	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	145	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music And Dance	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	N/A	University College Birmingham	N/A	Did not sit exam
N/A	N/A	Writtle College	N/A	Did not sit exam