Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.38
Liaison Laurie Husted
Submission Date June 12, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Bard College
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.51 / 1.00 Laurie Husted
Sustainability Manager
Bard Office of Sustainability (BoS)
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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

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A copy of the paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:
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The paper purchasing policy, directive or guidelines:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
Paper purchasing is centrally done through the Purchasing Department and Director of Purchasing Julie Myers. She sees that we buy as much 100% post consumer content paper as possible (with 30% post consumer content purchased for departments that claim they are having copy errors because of the 100% paper).

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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on office paper)?:
Yes

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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 0 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 8,890 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 0 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) 3,070 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on office paper :
19,280 US/Canadian $

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