| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.19 |
| Liaison | Christina Erickson |
| Submission Date | June 6, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Champlain College
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.53 / 1.00 |
Christina
Erickson Sustainability Director Campus Planning |
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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:
Employees are strongly encouraged to purchase recycled content paper (currently also our best price). Typically, an annual reminder has gone out to operations managers of departments to remind them on this, and is listed under our Preferred Purchasing Guidelines. Recycled content paper (either 30% or 100% is marked as the preferred choice for copy paper within our office supply vendor, WB Mason.
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
Typically, an annual reminder has gone out to operations managers of departments to remind them on this, and is listed under our Preferred Purchasing Guidelines. Recycled content paper (either 30% or 100%) is marked as the preferred choice for copy paper within our office supply vendor, WB Mason.
http://www.champlain.edu/faculty-and-staff/campus-information/finance
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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 | 289 US/Canadian $ |
| 30-49 percent | 16,910 US/Canadian $ |
| 50-69 percent | 132 US/Canadian $ |
| 70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| 90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) | 738 US/Canadian $ |
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Total expenditures on office paper :
20,329.45
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:
http://www.champlain.edu/Documents/Sustain-Champlain/ChamplainCopyPaperAnalysis_2006-2014.pdf
We switched office supply vendors in 2015-2016, and was not able to get data from prior vendor for 2014-2015, so this info will be updated next year.
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