Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.78
Liaison Amber Saxton
Submission Date Sept. 1, 2017
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STARS v2.1

George Mason University
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.30 / 1.00 Mary Liang
Sustainability Analyst
Sustainability
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Total expenditures on office paper :
141,013 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on office paper with the following levels of post-consumer recycled, agricultural residue, and/or FSC certified content::
Expenditure Per Level
10-29 percent 0 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 106,637 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 0 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) 0 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on office paper that is 90-100 percent post-consumer recycled and/or agricultural residue content and/or FSC Recycled label:
0

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):

Data is from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data is for FY17. In Mason's Green Purchasing Guidelines, it states that 30% post-consumer recycled paper should be used, however, we do allow units to best determine their specific business needs and order non-recycled paper at their discretion.


Data is for FY17. In Mason's Green Purchasing Guidelines, it states that 30% post-consumer recycled paper should be used, however, we do allow units to best determine their specific business needs and order non-recycled paper at their discretion.

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