| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.39 |
| Liaison | Sam Lubow |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Stanford University
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.94 / 2.00 |
Jiffy
Vermylen Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management / Office of Sustainability |
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
Yes
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The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
After gradual moves towards higher adoption of recycled-content paper campus-wide, Stanford launched a campaign to highlight sustainable purchasing practices on campus in June 2011. One of the specific actions taken was the removal of "new/virgin" reamed paper part numbers from the university's online ordering catalog. Users no longer have the ability to automatically order or reorder these part numbers. Only recycled content paper SKU's are available in the ordering system as of today. All users who had a blanket order for automatic weekly paper delivery were converted to recycled-content paper.
More details on the campaign, including the recycled-paper component can be found on the following website:
http://sustainablestanford/be_cardinal_green_smartbuys
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Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on recycled paper)?:
Yes
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Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper :
557
US/Canadian $
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Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
311,960
US/Canadian $
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Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
10,421
US/Canadian $
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Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
1,506
US/Canadian $
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Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
42,281
US/Canadian $
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Total expenditures on office paper :
591,473
US/Canadian $
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Recycled content reamed paper total purchases in year 2010 were $591,473.
Recycled content reamed paper purchases totaled $366,726, or approximately 62% of total paper purchases. New/virgin material reamed paper purchases totaled $224,747, or approximately 38% of total paper purchases on campus. Stanford expects to see a significant change in these numbers for the 2011 calendar year due to the measures described above to systematically discourage the use of non-recycled-content paper.
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