Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.68
Liaison Lindsay Walker
Submission Date Aug. 28, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Humber College
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.10 / 2.00 Emily Eyre
Manager, Purchasing Services and Sustainability
Purchasing
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
Yes

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The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
None
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
Humber is committed to sustainability by considering the social and environmental costs and benefits in all of our decision making. As such, we have a college-wide directive to purchase paper with minimum 30% recycled content and that is FSC certified. The Sustainability Manager and the Purchasing Manager worked with our current paper supplier to find an option for recycled paper that is also cost-effective.

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

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Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
232,572.63 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

None
Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
0 US/Canadian $

None
Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
0 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on office paper :
232,757.73 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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