Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.59
Liaison Rob Andrejewski
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Richmond
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 1.00 Wendy Burchard
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Office of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase office paper that has recycled content and/or is certified to meet multi-criteria sustainability standards for paper?:
Yes

A copy of the paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:
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The paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:

As part of the Green Office Program, departments are required to purchase paper with as least 30% of post consumer recycled content.

http://sustainability.richmond.edu/living/green-office/bronze.html


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

The purchasing model for the university is de-centralized so we do not currently have a way to identify if those participating in the Green Office Program are actually purchasing recycled paper.


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on office paper)?:
No

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 ---
30-49 percent ---
50-69 percent ---
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) ---
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) ---

Total expenditures on office paper :
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The website URL where information about the paper purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We currently do not have a way to obtain this information.


We currently do not have a way to obtain this information.

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