Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.92
Liaison Bert Jacobson
Submission Date Feb. 20, 2012
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STARS v1.1

Kankakee Community College
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 2.00 Bert Jacobson
Dean, Environmental and Institutional Sustainability
Environmental and Institutional Sustainability
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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 :

KCC's Green Purchasing Policy states that "KCC is committed to the use and purchase of environmentally and socially responsible materials and products". It is the expectation of each administrator to follow the policy. Metrics and reports are generated periodically to support the policy. The Business Office implements the purchasing practice. The sustainability department helps the Business office establish goals, benchmarks, assessments, reporting mechanisms, etc. The role of the sustainability department is to provide the Business office with the technical support necessary to implement the practice and to assist with the implementation primarily through education-both of the Business office to get them up to speed on green purchasing and other offices/departments to follow the policy.


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 :
0 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
17,988 US/Canadian $

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

Total expenditures on office paper :
43,482 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The URL listed above is not direct. Access to internal policies and procedures as well as marketing materials is limited and not publicly available. Copies of policies and materials are available by request to bjacobson@kcc.edu.


The URL listed above is not direct. Access to internal policies and procedures as well as marketing materials is limited and not publicly available. Copies of policies and materials are available by request to bjacobson@kcc.edu.

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