Green metric sustainability index: Evaluation of Turkish universities in the Top 500 category in 2020
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University sustainability activities have become increasingly important as interest in sustainable campuses has grown. Several sustainability indexes, such as University League, Sustainability Tracking, Assessment Rating System, and Green Metric, that increase awareness of sustainability, are used in university evaluations. This study aims to examine international environmental sustainability Indexes and make comparisons were between them. The Green Metric ranking system, which is known to be the most preferred among the sustainability evaluation indexes, and in which demanding international universities participate through an online survey, were examined. In this study, we consider the Turkish universities in the top 500 in the 2020 Green Metric ranking as material. When the Green Metric ranking results for 2020 are examined, it is seen that there has been an increase in the number of participating countries, and 45 universities from Turkey are included in this ranking. To determine the category with the highest impact on the success of these universities, universities with different rankings despite having the same overall score were compared.
Keywords: Green Campus; Green Metric; Sustainable Campus; Sustainability Index.
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