Researchers from The University of Southampton ranked the UK’s 25 biggest urban centres for their sustainability, showing Sheffield to be the most sustainable.
The city’s win can be accredited to its wide-open spaces including the Peak District, millions of trees and high renewable energy use.
Douglas Johnson, Sheffield’s City Councils Green Party Cabinet leader for climate change said: “It’s nice to be recognised as a city, but we now need to go further and faster to reach net- zero by 2030.”
The Green Cities Report ranked areas using environmental data such as pollution levels, renewable energy production, care use and green space.
The University of Sheffield has taken many precautions to improve their sustainability including a new ‘Zero-Waste Shop’ which sells a variety of herbs and dried fruit whilst encouraging customers to use their own containers or use their provided recyclable bags.
This week is also the University’s ‘Festival of The Future’, a student movement to promote environmental activism which includes events such as a “Sustainability Sit Down”.
As a part of the ‘Festival of the Future’ the Students’ Union bar, ‘All Bar One’ are offering deals such as a ‘Buy one get one free’ on all low impact burgers.
