Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 86.17
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date May 31, 2022

STARS v2.2

Thompson Rivers University
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.60 / 1.00 Aaron Wiebe
Research Assistant
Sustainability
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Total annual expenditures on office paper:
34,965.70 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 23,360.50 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) 11,605.20 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
2021 fiscal year

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Website URL where information about the institution’s paper purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
All figures in Canadian dollars.
All of the paper TRU purchases is FSC certified, as per Randy Matter, Manager, TRU Print Services.
Look on linked pdf (TRU Sustainable Purchasing Guide) under 'TRU Sustainability Purchasing Guidelines for Paper and Wood Products'
New for 2021: TRU has begun purchasing "sugarsheet" paper made from agricultural waste, moving forward it is intended that this paper is the main source of printer paper for the TRU print shop.

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