Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 74.69 |
Liaison | Tess Esposito |
Submission Date | Feb. 9, 2022 |
University of Dayton
OP-11: Sustainable Procurement
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.75 / 3.00 |
Sara
Harrison Executive Director Procurement and Payables Services Finance |
Part 1. Institution-wide sustainable procurement policies
A copy of the policies, guidelines or directives:
The policies, guidelines or directives:
https://udayton.edu/facilities/energy_sustainability/policy_sustainability.php
Part 2. Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Which of the following best describes the institution’s use of LCCA?:
A brief description of the LCCA policy and/or practices:
Part 3. Product-specific sustainability criteria
To count, the criteria must address the specific sustainability challenges and impacts associated with products and/or services in each category, e.g. by requiring or giving preference to multi-criteria sustainability standards, certifications and labels appropriate to the category. Broader, institution-wide policies should be reported in Part 1, above.
Chemically intensive products and services
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for chemically intensive products and services:
All of the standards and guidelines set forth in the Green Cleaning Policy will be upheld by all management staff and custodial staff. This policy takes effect upon occupancy of the facility and will continue indefinitely.
Grounds works to minimize the use of harmful chemicals on campus, including integrated pest management practices.
Consumable office products
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for consumable office products:
Furniture and furnishings
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for furniture and furnishings:
Information Technology (IT) and equipment
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for Information Technology (IT) and equipment:
• EPEAT, Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, is a tool helping institutional purchasers select and compare computer desktops, laptops and monitors based on their environmental attributes.
• ENERGY STAR is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) voluntary program that helps businesses and individuals save money and protect our climate through superior energy efficiency.
Food service providers
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for food service providers:
Garments and linens
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for garments and linens:
The University of Dayton, as a large-scale employer and consumer and leader in international education, fully endorses the international community's calls to "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all" and to "Ensure sustainable consumption and productive patterns" as evidenced by the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 8 & 12) and sees supporting fair, ethical, and sustainable sourcing as an effective way to put these principles into practice.
The University will include Fair Trade food products, apparel and handicrafts (such as jewelry, and other gift items) in campus stores whenever possible and subject to the terms of vendor contracts.
The University commits itself to exploring the incorporation of Fair Trade and other ethical and sustainable procurement into current purchasing practices and policies. This process will begin within six months after the ratification of this document.
https://udayton.edu/news/_resources/pdfs/fair_trade_resolution.pdf
Professional service providers
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for professional service providers:
Transportation and fuels
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for transportation and fuels:
- Procurement has cut down on delivery services transportation with four suppliers (Airgas, Home Depot, ISupply, and Mayberry Moving and Storage Inc.). Three supplier catalogs in Runway, the e-Procurement system, identify the weekly shipping day. Procurement plans to further this transportation initiative with other catalog suppliers. In addition, a Lean Six Sigma event was recently held with Mayberry the strategic moving partner and a weekly move day was identified cutting back on the number of days the moving company travels to campus to complete campus office moves.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://udayton.edu/news/_resources/pdfs/fair_trade_resolution.pdf
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