Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.92
Liaison Leila Lamoureux
Submission Date Dec. 9, 2024

STARS v3.0

Babson College
OP-9: Sustainable Procurement System

Status Score Responsible Party
-- 2.80 / 7.00 Leila Lamoureux
Director, Sustainability & Campus Utilization • Administration
Facilities
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9.1 Supplier code of conduct

Does the institution have a published code of conduct to guide suppliers on the institution’s social and environmental expectations for them?:
Yes

Copy of the institution’s supplier code of conduct:
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Online location of the institution’s supplier code of conduct:
Does the institution’s supplier code of conduct include one or more expectations in regard to environmental impact that exceed or are additional to regulatory compliance?:
Yes

Does the institution’s supplier code of conduct include one or more expectations in regard to the treatment of workers that exceed or are additional to regulatory compliance?:
Yes

Does the institution’s supplier code of conduct include one or more expectations in regard to governance and ethical business practices that exceed or are additional to regulatory compliance?:
No

Does the institution’s supplier code of conduct include one or more expectations in regard to the advancement of sustainability in the supply chain?:
Yes

Does the institution’s supplier code of conduct include one or more expectations of monitoring and review?:
Yes

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 9.1:
0.80

9.2 Percentage of bid solicitations that identify sustainability considerations

Does the institution have sufficient data on its bid solicitations to pursue this indicator?:
No

Percentage of bid solicitations that identify product sustainability specifications:
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Percentage of bid solicitations that identify supplier sustainability considerations:
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Description of the methodology used to assess the institution’s bid solicitations:
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If claiming points for this indicator, at least one of the following two fields is also required:

Online resource supporting the percentage of bid solicitations reported:
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Document supporting the percentage of bid solicitations reported:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 9.2:
0

9.3 Average weight given to sustainability considerations in bid appraisal 

Average weight assigned to product sustainability specifications in the institution’s bid appraisal process:
Data not available

Average weight assigned to supplier sustainability considerations in the institution’s bid appraisal process:
Data not available

Narrative outlining how the average weights given to sustainability considerations were determined:

The Procurement office has not completed this at this time


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 9.3:
0

9.4 Percentage of contract spend with social impact suppliers

Does the institution have sufficient data on its contract spend to pursue this indicator?:
Yes

Performance year for contract spend:
2023

Local currency code:
USD

Total annual contract spend:
104,225,410

Annual contract spend with social impact suppliers:
12,348,065

Narrative and/or website URL providing an a overview of the institution’s contracts with social impact suppliers:
Description of the methodology used to assess the institution’s contract spend with social impact suppliers:

Please see attached deck in optional documentation


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:

Percentage of contract spend with social impact suppliers:
11.85

Points earned for indicator 9.4:
2

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:
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Additional documentation for this credit:

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