Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.45
Liaison Austin Sutherland
Submission Date May 1, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Pennsylvania
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 2.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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 Purchasing Services website references greener products for purchase. Our online punch-out “Marketplace” catalogue with Office Depot has a “Green Products” tab, showing currently available recycled content papers. During quarterly business reviews, the overall green spend is reviewed, and marketing efforts are targeted to business areas that are not purchasing recycled paper


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on recycled paper)?:
No

Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper :
340 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
245,000 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
---

Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
---

Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
14,500 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on office paper :
551,828 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
---

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.