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The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance.

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Liaison Shanna Eller
Submission Date Feb. 20, 2013
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STARS v1.2

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Expired Trey McDonald
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability Office
"---" 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:
http://purchasing.uncg.edu/purchasingpolicies.html

A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Promotion and awareness via the Sustainability Office website, the Green Office Program, and other
sustainability outreach efforts. Environmentally preferred options, including those for paper, are identified on the university's online purchasing site as well.


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 :
23,727.87 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
22,791.81 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
1,340.36 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
6,352 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
53,648.81 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
196,618 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission

Information received from Trace Little, Director of Purchasing. These are the results of the information captured via UNCG's central purchasing points; purchases made by some individuals/departments cannot be captured through this system. Therefore, these results should be viewed as a large, representative sample of UNCG paper purchases.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution and complete the Data Inquiry Form.