Overall Rating Platinum - expired
Overall Score 88.31
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date May 31, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Thompson Rivers University
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.78 / 1.00 James Gordon
Environmental Programs and Research Coordinator
TRU Office of Environment and Sustainability
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Total expenditures on office paper :
113,037 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 3,804 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 0 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 0 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 109,232 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) 0 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:
0

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
June 2016 to May 2017

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
All figures in Canadian dollars. All of the paper TRU purchases is FSC certified, as per Liam Regan, Manager, TRU Print Services. Look on site under 'TRU Sustainability Purchasing Guidelines for Paper and Wood Products': https://www.tru.ca/sustain/initiatives/Sustainable_Procurement.html

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