Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 83.12
Liaison Richard Manton
Submission Date Sept. 12, 2024

STARS v2.2

Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Richard Manton
Director of Sustainability
Sustainability Office
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Total annual expenditures on office paper:
63,285.34 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/100% label) 63,285.34 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:

This data is from a detailed product code report of all University of Galway paper purchases for 2022. The product code report is available on request.


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Website URL where information about the institution’s paper purchasing is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The above expenditure includes photocopier paper and the printing of exam scripts.

Our main paper suppliers are: CODEX LTD, MJ FLOOD, SNAP PRINTING GALWAY. 

All have environmental policies on sourcing their paper from FSC managed forests. 

https://www.codex.ie/codex-csr
https://www.mjflood.ie/sustainable-managed-print-services/
https://www.snap.ie/our-work/environmental-policy/


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