Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.74
Liaison Stephen Ellis
Submission Date March 1, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Boston University
OP-17: Guidelines for Business Partners

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 1.00 Dennis Carlberg
Associate Vice President for Sustainability
BU Sustainability
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How many of the institution’s business partners are covered by policies, guidelines and/or agreements that require adherence to minimum environmental standards?:
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How many of the institution’s business partners are covered by policies, guidelines and/or agreements that require adherence to minimum standards governing employee wages, benefits, working conditions and rights?:
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+ Date Revised: June 9, 2016

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A copy of the policies, guidelines, and/or agreements with the institution's business partners (or a representative sample):
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+ Date Revised: June 9, 2016

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The policies, guidelines, and/or agreements with the institution's business partners (or a representative sample):
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A brief description of programs and strategies institution has implemented to ensure that the guidelines are followed, including a brief description of instances when the guidelines have changed purchasing behavior, if applicable:
Every Boston University supplier must pre-register and qualify as a University supplier. Each supplier must agree to the Boston University vendor code of conduct including conflict of interest policy in order to become a supplier. Conflicts of interests are noted and forwarded to the Human Resources and/or Legal offices for review. Additionally, our vendors that apply the BU logo to items must also meet additional workplace standards as defined by the Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consortium.

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The website URL where information about the institution’s guidelines for its business partners is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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