Goucher earns a B+ on the College Sustainability Report Card

October 08, 2009 |

Goucher College is getting greener, according to the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The institute increased the school’s grade for sustainability efforts to a B+ in its annual College Sustainability Report Card.

Now in its fourth year, the report card examines the sustainability of each participant’s practices, policies, academics, and endowment. The 2010 report card assessed the efforts of 332 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada based on 48 indicators that range from green building initiatives to transportation policies to endowment investment policies. The indicators fall within nine main categories – Administration, Climate Change and Energy, Food and Recycling, Green Building, Student Involvement, Transportation, Endowment Transparency, Investment Priorities, and Shareholder Engagement.

Goucher’s grade increased to a B+ from a C+ last year, and the college earned As in five categories. The college was also one of only 80 institutions to be recognized as a “Campus Sustainability Leader.”

Goucher received the highest grade of the four Maryland institutions participating in the survey.

For Goucher’s complete report card and survey results, go to http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2010/schools/goucher-college. For more information about the report card, go to www.greenreportcard.org.