Sustainability assessment for higher education institutions: A review on strengths and weaknesses

Abstract

Sustainability assessment for Higher Education Institutions has been recently implemented around the globe. There are numerous Higher Education Institutions claim their interest to adopt and practise this concept within their institutions. This can be proven based on the declaration, charters and initiatives (DCIs) made by these interested Higher Education Institutions. However, by committing their interest on this sustainability assessment in Higher Education Institutions, there are a number of tools functioned as indicators to measure the sustainability practices in the institutions. Therefore, through extensive literature review, this study investigates the strengths and weaknesses of the existing sustainability assessments in Higher Education Institutions by appraising the declaration made before in regards to sustainability in Higher Education Institutions. About 20 research papers published within the past 10 years are used in abstracting all the relevant literatures, analysing and coming out with the findings on what are the indicators to be considered for sustainability assessment in Higher Education Institutions based on the comparison of the strengths and weaknesses discussed earlier. This paper is expected to contribute in terms of enhancing the existing knowledge in sustainability assessment in Higher Education Institutions towards its successful implementation.