| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.78 |
| Liaison | Nathan King |
| Submission Date | Feb. 18, 2021 |
Virginia Tech
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.07 / 1.00 |
Mary
Helmick Director of Procurement Procurement |
Total annual expenditures on office paper:
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 | 8,396.64 US/Canadian $ |
| 30-49 percent | 19,927.59 US/Canadian $ |
| 50-69 percent | 2,422.14 US/Canadian $ |
| 70-89 percent (or FSC Mix label) | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| 90-100 percent (or FSC Recycled/100% label) | 2,356.61 US/Canadian $ |
A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
One year time frame from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019
Website URL where information about the institution’s paper purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The data are obtained from these vendors: 1) Guy Brown and 2) The Supply Room Company
Efforts are being made to reduce our overall paper purchasing and consumption. An example of such efforts includes the VT Foundation's efforts to go paperless: https://vtnews.vt.edu/notices/foundation-paper-forms.html?utm_source=cmpgn_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vtUnirelNewsDailyCMP_012921-1-fs
After completing this credit and realizing that our paper purchases were becoming less sustainable, our procurement department released a piece in their monthly newsletter encouraging more sustainable paper purchases. That newsletter can be found at this link: https://www.procurement.vt.edu/content/dam/procurement_vt_edu/hokiemart/cart/vol-21-01.pdf
The data are obtained from these vendors: 1) Guy Brown and 2) The Supply Room Company
Efforts are being made to reduce our overall paper purchasing and consumption. An example of such efforts includes the VT Foundation's efforts to go paperless: https://vtnews.vt.edu/notices/foundation-paper-forms.html?utm_source=cmpgn_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vtUnirelNewsDailyCMP_012921-1-fs
After completing this credit and realizing that our paper purchases were becoming less sustainable, our procurement department released a piece in their monthly newsletter encouraging more sustainable paper purchases. That newsletter can be found at this link: https://www.procurement.vt.edu/content/dam/procurement_vt_edu/hokiemart/cart/vol-21-01.pdf
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