Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.69
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 8, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Cornell University
SD-11: Procurement

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Tom Romantic
Sr. Director
Supply Management
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The percentage of institutionally purchased appliances that are ENERGY STAR rated (of eligible appliance categories):
85

Does the institution have a policy to purchase ENERGY STAR appliances whenever possible?:
Yes

The percentage of expenditures on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified office paper (US/Canadian dollars) :
5

Does the institution’s vendor code or policy require vendors to use less packaging?:
No

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Energy Star Appliances are required under our PO terms but we cannot control purchases under credit cards thus the 85%.
We do not require less packaging but we are trying to impact this via order size management.


Energy Star Appliances are required under our PO terms but we cannot control purchases under credit cards thus the 85%.
We do not require less packaging but we are trying to impact this via order size management.

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