Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.33
Liaison Maria Dahmus
Submission Date Nov. 30, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of St. Thomas
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.94 / 1.00 Pamela Peterson
Associate Vice President
Auxiliary Services
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Total annual expenditures on office paper:
47,474.30 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 3,800 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 20.30 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) 43,654 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
The figures represent expenditures made during fiscal year 2023, which covers July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

The University of St. Thomas also closed its on-campus print shop in January 2023 and encouraged paperless communication. An example is athletics is using QR codes for electronic game day programs instead of paper programs.

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Website URL where information about the institution’s paper purchasing is available:
https://www.stthomas.edu/media/officeofgeneralcounsel/policies/Purchasing-and-Payables-Policy.pdf

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