Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.09
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date June 21, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.63 / 2.00 Pam Copenhaver
Purchasing Contract Manager
Office of Procurement Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
Yes

The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Purchasing organizes and participates in campus events that highlight our green purchasing initiatives, including the use of recycled paper. We also promote this via occasional newsletter articles.

Over 50% of the paper that IUPUI uses is recycled paper. The IUPUI letterhead is made of 15% post-consumer recycled paper. Printing Services is the largest generator of good recyclable paper on campus.
(http://www.indiana.edu/~purchase/sustainable/university.shtml)


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

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

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
50,971.66 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
10,232.58 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
11,921.69 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
451,996.23 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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