ETH Zurich is the most sustainable Swiss university

ETH Zurich ranked first place in the latest comparative study by WWF Switzerland on sustainability in Swiss higher education. Universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education play a pivotal role in the sustainable development of the economy and society. WWF Switzerland has conducted its third comparative study to assess just how sustainable the Swiss university landscape is. Ten criteria were examined in terms of strategy, processes, organisation and stakeholders, all of which play a key role in the extent to which sustainability is embedded in higher education in Switzerland. In the rating study that has just been published, ETH Zurich ranks first place among 28 participating institutions, followed by the universities of Lausanne and Bern. The frontrunners all feature in the second-highest rating category of "ambitious". They pursue dedicated sustainability strategies and implement measures throughout their organisations.