COVENTRY has just missed featuring in the top 10 list of being one of the most sustainable cities in the country.
But coming in at 11th, Coventry has risen three places from last year and is top of the table for cities representing the West Midlands.
The third annual Sustainable Cities Index by Forum for the Future published last week also shows the city is making a steady progress, as in 2007 Coventry was 17th.
Every year Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity, tracks the progress on sustainability of Britain’s 20 largest cities.
Cities are ranked according to their performance against 13 indicators based on environmental performance, quality of life and planning for the future.
On environmental performance the city was ranked fifth due to its strong performance on ecological footprint, in particular on biodiversity as 49 per cent of sites in the city have undergone conservation in the past five years.
In the area of quality of life, the city improved its performance from 18th to 13th because of an improvement in the accessibility of public services such as schools and GPs via the transport network.
Councillor Nigel Lee, cabinet member for climate change, housing and sustainability, said: “I’m very pleased Coventry has continued to improve its sustainability performance against the other major cities in Britain.
“We recognise we still have a long way to go.
“It’s critical Coventry is seen as a sustainable place to live, work and invest so we can both, raise the quality of life for residents and attract new businesses to transform the city.
“I look forward to seeing our ranking in this sustainability league improve further next year as initiatives like the blue bin recycling scheme and our activities on climate change really start to feed in to the assessment process.”
On how well-prepared the city is for the future and how central sustainability issues are to the city’s plans, Coventry was ranked 10th improving from 16th in 2007.
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