Overall Rating | Silver |
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Overall Score | 53.85 |
Liaison | Stephen Ellis |
Submission Date | Oct. 7, 2021 |
Boston University
OP-11: Sustainable Procurement
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 3.00 |
Stephen
Ellis Director, Data Analytics BU Sustainability |
Part 1. Institution-wide sustainable procurement policies
A copy of the policies, guidelines or directives:
The policies, guidelines or directives:
Our inclusion practice drives suppliers to deliver best total value to Boston University, including quality, service, and cost, while promoting economic growth to our target demographic of diverse businesses. Businesses recognized as a diverse supplier undergo a formal certification process by applying through the State or a national certifying agency. We aim to work with certified diverse suppliers with the following certifications: MBE (Minority-Owned), WBE, WMBE (Women-Owned, Women Minority-Owned), WOSB, EDWOSB (Small Woman-Owned/ Economically Disadvantaged), LGBTBE (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender-Owned), and more.
More information on the Supplier Diversity Program is found in https://www.bu.edu/sourcing/supplierdiversity/
Part 2. Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Which of the following best describes the institution’s use of LCCA?:
A brief description of the LCCA policy and/or practices:
Part 3. Product-specific sustainability criteria
To count, the criteria must address the specific sustainability challenges and impacts associated with products and/or services in each category, e.g. by requiring or giving preference to multi-criteria sustainability standards, certifications and labels appropriate to the category. Broader, institution-wide policies should be reported in Part 1, above.
Chemically intensive products and services
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for chemically intensive products and services:
Please see: https://www.bu.edu/sustainability/what-were-doing/green-buildings/sustainable-cleaning-program/
Consumable office products
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for consumable office products:
Written standards for MyPrint for students can be found here: https://www.bu.edu/tech/services/cccs/printing/myprint/
In addition, individual departments at BU are encouraged to comply with two published standards for printing. The first one is MyPrint. Similar to MyPrint for students, MyPrint for departments encourages employees to use their print allocation on their department printers and reduce paper use. The second is Mainframe central printing, a service started by Information Systems & Technology, which allows employees to submit print jobs to a central printer instead of local departmental printers. This service helped decrease the number of individual printers used in each office across campus.
Information on MyPrint for departments and Mainframe central painting are available here:
https://www.bu.edu/tech/services/cccs/printing/myprint-for-departments/
https://www.bu.edu/tech/services/cccs/printing/mainframe-central-printing/
Furniture and furnishings
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for furniture and furnishings:
Information Technology (IT) and equipment
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for Information Technology (IT) and equipment:
Food service providers
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for food service providers:
Garments and linens
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for garments and linens:
Professional service providers
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for professional service providers:
Transportation and fuels
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for transportation and fuels:
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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