Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.38
Liaison Michelle Larkins
Submission Date Feb. 17, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Pacific University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.88 / 2.00 William O'Shea
Director of Institutional Research
Office of Institutional Research
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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 :

The Pacific University Brand Standards guide includes a section titled "Our Commitment to the Environment" (pp. 15-16). This section describes various types of paper for University communications and encourages the use of 100% post-consumer paper whenever possible.

In addition, the webpage: http://www.pacificu.edu/cce/sustainability/epp.cfm provides information on environmentally preferable purchasing on campus.


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 :
32,725.74 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 :
2,523 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
61,683.11 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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