Overall Rating Reporter - expired
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Liaison Tomohiro Morimoto
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2012
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STARS v1.1

Hokkaido University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Maki Komatsu
coordinator
office for a sustainable campus
"---" 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 :

We follow Japanese Green Purchasing Law. This law regulates the percentage of recycled content, brightness, surface density, etc.


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 :
0 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):
518,538 US/Canadian $

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

Total expenditures on office paper :
518,538 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The regulation of Japanese Green Purchasing Law is not only on the percentage of recycled content, but also surface density, brightness, and so on. Regarding the percentage of recycled content, the law recommends to use 70% recycled content paper.


The regulation of Japanese Green Purchasing Law is not only on the percentage of recycled content, but also surface density, brightness, and so on. Regarding the percentage of recycled content, the law recommends to use 70% recycled content paper.

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