Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.52
Liaison Geory Kurtzhals
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2014
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STARS v1.2

University of Notre Dame
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.88 / 2.00 Geory Kurtzhals
Sr. Director
Office of Sustainability
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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 University of Notre Dame exercises a preference for sustainable products and services in the institutional procurement process. Specifically, we prefer to procure:

•Officer paper with a recycled content of 30% or greater,
•Computers and monitors with an EPEAT rating of Silver or better,
•Cleaning supplies with a Green Seal or EcoLogo certification,
•Products and services from local sources when all other selection criteria are equal.


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 :
178,834.79 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
4,349.11 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 :
6,181.53 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
318,141.65 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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