UJA is recognized as the second best in Spain for environmental sustainability – Linares28 – El diario digital de Linares

08/11/2024.- The University of Jaén has been recognized by CRUE Spanish Universities as the second best university in Spain in terms of environmental sustainability, awarded during the celebration of the CRUE-Sostenibilidad sector commission held in Zaragoza.

The University of Jaén achieved this recognition among a total of 42 Spanish universities submitted for evaluation, of which only four (University of Barcelona, ​​Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and UJA itself) achieved global recognition. environmental sustainability (global points 70% and 80% objective), 80% uncategorized.

Además, it has been recognized by aquellas universidades que han seguito la major puntuación en once ambidos specificos. The University of Jaén has been recognized in three of them: 'Urbanism and Biodiversity', 'Agua' and 'Compra Verde'. Adding the two 'Compra verde' recognitions it received in last year's inaugural edition, only the University of Barcelona stands above UJA, which has achieved four special recognitions.
“The Universidad, especially del Aula Verde, and the people who put it together and have done a great job of gathering information and providing evidence of everything that is being done by UJA in the matter of environmental sustainability. We must celebrate this, but above all, from this assessment to a fully sustainable institution we need to use it to identify the areas we need to improve on the way,” said Juan de Dios Carazo Alvarez, Vice-Chancellor of the Sustainable and Healthy University.