Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.09
Liaison Matthew Liesch
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2020

STARS v2.2

Central Michigan University
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 1.00 Judy Lannen
Senior Buyer
Purchasing
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Total annual expenditures on office paper:
67,441.60 US/Canadian $

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 0 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 0 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled/100% label) 0 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
The provided numbers are all current purchases from the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Due to implications from COVID-19, the amount of purchased paper would have normally been larger for a typical school year.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s paper purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Although the paper purchased by Central Michigan University is not FSC Certified, none of our mills practice poor forestry. Additionally, all paper purchased is SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) Certified.

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