10
N. H. Mohamed et al.
Table 2 Environmental sustainability initiatives in UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018b)
No.
Initiative
Environmental sustainability categories
1
Upcycling Innovation
Waste
2
Ipoh Car Free Day
Transportation
3
River of Life at Serdang
Water
4
Recycling@U Exhibition
Waste
5
Compost Pit
Waste
6
Urban Garden
Setting and Infrastructure
7
E-Waste [Mobile]
Waste
8
Used Cooking Oil Recycling Campaign
Waste
9
UPM Waste Bank
Waste
10
Waste Bank UPM-Kundasang
Waste
11
Monthly Tree Planting Program
Setting and Infrastructure
12
Saujana Lestari Program
Setting and Infrastructure
13
Sensory Garden
Setting and Infrastructure
14
Zero Net Carbon Emissions Programme
Energy and Climate Change and
Transportation
15
Environmental sustainability courses:
• Bachelor of Environmental Management
• Bachelor of Environmental Science and
Technology
• Master of Environment
• Master of Science and PhD
Education
University Rankings, UTM has ranked 66th with total score 5952 (60%). The score
for each main category is Setting and Infrastructure, 75%; Energy and Climate
Change, 56%; Waste, 79%; Water, 63%; Transportation, 45% and Education and
Research, 44%. Table 4 demonstrates the UTM’s ESI contributed for this achievement.
5.2 Critical Review Based on UI GreenMetric’s
Environmental Sustainability Categories
5.2.1 Setting and Infrastructure (SI)
According to UI GreenMetric, the purposes of this category are to provide more
spaces for greenery in university and to safe guard the environment as well as the
development of sustainable energy (Universitas Indonesia 2018). There are six (6)
indicators in SI that focus on open space green area (or green space) including
forest, planted vegetation and water absorbance area. There are a lot of environmental