Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.94
Liaison David Greenwood
Submission Date Nov. 12, 2014
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Lakehead University
OP-17: Guidelines for Business Partners

Status Score Responsible Party
-- 0.00 / 1.00 Andrew Carr
STARS Researcher
Centre for Place and Sustainability Studies

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Geoffrey Matte (Manager, Procurement & Contract Services) noted that some of the new contracts will likely have "guidelines and/or agreements that require adherence to minimum environmental standards" citing the new contract with Aramark food services, but noted that it is not Lakehead policy to try to include these guidelines but rather each contract is assessed on an individual basis to determine their necessity. He also noted that the number of contracts which include this provisions is not tracked.

Additionally Geoffrey stated that Lakehead does not track the number "business partners [that] are covered by policies, guidelines and/or agreements that require adherence to minimum standards governing employee wages, benefits, working conditions and rights".

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