Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.17
Liaison Kara Holmstrom
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Luther College
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Toby Cain
Sustainability Coordinator
Center for Sustainable Communities
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Total expenditures on office paper :
37,063.97 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 label) 37,063.97 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on office paper that is 90-100 percent post-consumer recycled and/or agricultural residue content and/or FSC Recycled label:
100

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
Purchasing information is from Fiscal Year 2018 and was provided by Jeff Naatz in the Luther College Document Center.

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.luther.edu/sustainability/commitments/strategicplan/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
FSC certified paper. In 2016 Luther College implemented new printing policies to help curb paper waste. For more information about these policies, visit: https://www.luther.edu/its/about/sustainability/printing/

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