Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.14
Liaison Alexis Reyes
Submission Date June 3, 2011
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Pomona College
ER-T2-5: Sustainable Enterprise

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ginny Routhe
Director
Sustainability Integration Office
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Does the institution have a student-run enterprise, such as a cafe, through which students gain sustainable business skills?:
Yes

A brief description of the enterprise:

The ReCoop redistributes unwanted reusable items (including furniture, appliances, clothing/shoes, and school/office supplies) by collected unwanted items and selling them back to the campus community or donating them to charitable organizations. As ReCoop develops, it is responsible for generating its own operating costs through their sales and other events. This program reduces the purchase of new items and the disposable of reusable items across the campus community. This operations is managed and run by students, with assistance and advising from the Sustainability Integration Office. Students are responsible for logistical details, budgeting, pricing, marketing, and other elements of running the enterprise, as well as long-term strategic planning, investment in equipment and infrastrcture, and making enough money to sustain the program financially.


The website URL where information about the sustainable enterprise is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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