This event was The Second National Workshop of UI GreenMetric in Russia, hosted by People’s Friendship University Russia (RUDN), to introduce UI GreenMetric and experience exchange, sharing best practice in the latest sustainability efforts at each university. The entire event was held on 24 November 2017. The National Workshop activities was started at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time. The opening ceremony was opened with a welcoming speech from Prof. Margarita Redina, Dean of Ecological Faculty, RUDN-University or representing RUDN-University Rector, followed by a welcome speech from by Prof. Tommy Ilyas, expert member of UI GreenMetric and representative of chairperson of UI GreenMetric. In the first session, Expert member of UI GreenMetric, Prof. Tommy Ilyas presented the trends and current development in UI GreenMetric World University Rankings and Methodology. It aimed to introduce more UI GreenMetric to workshop participants especially those who have not joined in 2016 UI GreenMetric Rankings. Subsequently, Dr. Nyoman Suwartha, Vice-Chair of UI GreenMetric, showcased indicators in details and UI GreenMetric data submission process, including login and data input in the UI GreenMetric 2017 online questionnaire. In the second session, the theme of this session was “Russian Universities in the GreenMetric Partnership. Prof. Margarita Redina chaired and represented her University in this session. The following of some presentations from invited universities until the end of workshop.

1. Environmental policy of RUDN-University: first draft, was represented by Prof. Margarita Redina, Dean of Ecological Faculty, RUDN-University.
2. Education for the sustainability in the National Research Irkutsk State Technical University, was represented by Dmitriy Savkin, National Irkutsk State Technical University.
3. Project ennvironmental monitoring of RUDN Campus., was represented by Dr. Roman Mamadzhanov, senior lecturer RUDN-University.
4. Project on environmental monitoring of RUDN campus: assessment of transport load, was represented by Polina Silaeva, Staff RUDN-University.
5. Formation of the environmental culture in the universities: example of the RSSU, was represented by Marina Lebedeva, Russian State Social University.
6. Sustainability projects for Russian Universities, was represented by Natalia Chudovzkaya, Green Movement of Russia “Eca”.
7. Initiative: floating universities
8. Initiatives for the sustainability in RUDN-University, was represented by Irina Golovachevs, Student, RUDN-University.
9. Project on environmental monitoring of RUDN campus: vegetation monitoring results, was represented by Nadezhda Volkova, Student, RUDN-University.