Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.66
Liaison Marianella Franklin
Submission Date Sept. 20, 2017
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STARS v2.1

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 1.00 Alex Valdez
Dir of Procurement Management
Procurement Management
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Total expenditures on office paper :
422,215.70 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 12,666.47 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 25,332.94 US/Canadian $
50-69 percent 29,555 US/Canadian $
70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) 97,109.61 US/Canadian $
90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled label) 257,551.57 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on office paper that is 90-100 percent post-consumer recycled and/or agricultural residue content and/or FSC Recycled label:
61.00

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
The figures above represent a one-year period from July 2016 to July 2017.

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
UTRGV’s actions on office paper purchasing work towards the sustainable development goal of responsible consumption by purchasing office paper with recycled content.

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