Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.39
Liaison Mary Whitney
Submission Date Sept. 25, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Chatham University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.80 / 2.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
Yes

The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Paper:
On the Shadyside and Eden Hall campuses, paper may be purchased directly from Office Depot online, where the University has negotiated a preferred price on 30 percent recycled paper. Paper purchases should be charged to each department’s paper budget line (7120). The Copy Center can also assist in ordering paper, particularly cardstock and colored paper as they have negotiated rates and identified the best vendors for these commodities.
For printing at the Eastside campus, paper is purchased and stocked by Ikon and passed on to departments in the per print copier charges, and also provides 30 percent recycled paper.


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on recycled paper)?:
Yes

Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
10,516 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
20,849 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

$7,816 or 38% of our paper purchases are not recycled content, but are sustainably sourced and either FSC or RFA approved.


$7,816 or 38% of our paper purchases are not recycled content, but are sustainably sourced and either FSC or RFA approved.

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