ZAPOPAN, Jalisco; January 11, 2021
The university has implemented strategies and actions for the care and preservation of the environment, always seeking to promote sustainable awareness in the university community.
In order to become a benchmark for sustainability among educational institutions, Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara and Campus Aguascalientes participated for the first time in the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2020, achieving third place among the most sustainable private universities in Mexico.
How to assess whether a university is sustainable?
The objective of the Ranking is to provide comparative results on the current sustainable situation and policies implemented by the world's universities. The criteria evaluated are infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation and education.
Panamericana ranked 290th out of 912 international institutions with a score of 6175, which in turn ranks ninth nationally among private and public universities.
Participation in the World Ranking recognizes the University's commitment and responsibility in the achievement of sustainable development, based on respect for human dignity, which contributes to the construction of a better world.
Similarly, it seeks to encourage new and future generations of university leaders in the world to join efforts to contribute to academic and research projects as well as a culture in search of a circular economy.
Continuous approaches to the Universidad Panamericana
The University has constantly focused on providing the university community with an environment that is conducive to their development as integral persons and that also favors the environment. Over the years, several projects have been implemented in the academic, fluvial, electricity, infrastructure and energy areas that promote sustainable development.
Our university is honored to belong to an initiative that promotes strategies and activities that require the commitment of the university community to face with ethical responsibility the environmental, economic and social problems that have a positive impact on sustainability.
