Assessment of Hokkaido University using the ASSC

To continuously review and improve campus operations, Hokkaido University utilizes “the Assessment System of Sustainable Campus (ASSC)” for the “Check” in the PDCA (Plan→Do→Check→Act) cycle toward realizing campus sustainability. In FY 2021, the scoring rate increased from the previous year in all four categories, resulting in an overall score 87.34%. This is the first time for Hokkaido University to reach this score, that is equivalent to “platinum” certification.

THE Impact Rankings

THE Impact Rankings is organized by Times Higher Education (THE: T.H.E.), a British higher education magazine, and uses the SDGs as an indicator to assess the social contribution of universities. Hokkaido University has participated annually since 2019. The results of Hokkaido University’s Impact Rankings are available on the University’s special website on SDGs, “Hokkaido University x SDGs.“

CDP

CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) is a British international environmental NGO that operates a global disclosure system to help investors, companies, nations, regions, and cities manage their environmental impacts. It works to promote environmental disclosure globally through the Environmental Questionnaire. FY2024 Hokkaido University submitted a response to the CDP* Climate Change Questionnaire 2024, and received a “B” score (management level). The University has submitted CDP Climage Change Questionare since 2022, which was the first for university in Japan. FY2023 Hokkaido Univers…