| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 76.21 |
| Liaison | Lindsey Kalkbrenner |
| Submission Date | May 5, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Santa Clara University
OP-11: Sustainable Procurement
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 3.00 |
Lisa
Chatelle Watt Purchasing Supervisor Purchasing |
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Part 1: Institution-Wide Policies
Yes
A copy of the policies, guidelines or directives:
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The policies, guidelines or directives:
The University encourages end users to review and seriously consider purchasing "green" office products. It has hosted training sessions, showing how to filter products by green and recycled content.
An excerpt from the Purchasing Handbook, Purchasing Requisition Process:
[https://www.scu.edu/uss/purchasing/purchasing-handbook/]
Vendor Selection
Vendors are selected for their capability to serve the needs of the University by providing quality products in the most economical and efficient manner possible. Past performance and service after the sale are important factors. Vendors doing business with the University for the first time are carefully evaluated by the Purchasing Department.
Factors considered when evaluating a vendor include:
Competitive pricing,
Quality product,
Good material availability,
Geographic proximity,
Credit, freight and delivery terms,
Vendor financial stability, and
Performance with other customers.
In accordance with the University’s Mission and Sustainability Policy.
Part 2: Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Yes
Which of the following best describes the institution’s use of LCCA?:
Institution employs LCCA less comprehensively, e.g. for certain types of systems or projects and not others
A brief description of the LCCA policy and/or practices:
LCCA policies depend on the project and funding source, but are usually employed. Many projects are driven by end of life replacements, in which case the University designs as efficiently as possible. If a project is conducted for efficiency's sake then LCCA policies are employed.
Part 3: Commodity-Specific Sustainability Criteria
To count, the criteria must address the specific sustainability challenges and impacts associated with products/services in each category, e.g. by requiring or giving preference to multi-criteria sustainability standards, certifications and labels appropriate to the category. Broader, institution-wide policies should be reported in Part 1, above.
Chemically Intensive Products and Services
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for chemically intensive products and services:
The University's contract for custodial services (current contractor is Able Building Maintenance) contains the following language under the Specifications section entitled Chemicals: "Contractor will use brands and types of chemicals that are certified as meeting the GreenSeal Environmental Standards for Cleaning Service by the GreenSeal Organization whenever there are chemical brands and types that perform acceptably to The University."
Construction and Renovation
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for construction and renovation products:
Santa Clara University's Sustainable Building Policy guides design and construction as well as operations and maintenance of Santa Clara University buildings. The policy is broken down into design and construction of new buildings (including renovations and remodels), operations and maintenance of existing buildings, and ensuring compliance. The policy addresses impacts on the surrounding site, energy consumption & monitoring, usage of environmentally preferable materials, indoor environmental quality, and water consumption & monitoring. All new buildings are to be designed to meet or exceed LEED Gold standards.
Information Technology (IT)
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for IT products and services:
All of major vendors that the University does business with (Cisco, Dell, Apple, etc.), are committed to sustainability; consequently, we've never put anything in writing regarding this, but are working on the criteria. The University has directives to encourage the purchase of computers and other electronic products that are EPEAT registered or meet similar sustainability standards to electronic products.
Food Services
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for food services:
Santa Clara University has a commitment to providing fresh, organic, and local ingredients whenever possible to create healthy food while following sustainable practices and fostering ecological awareness. Our dining services food provider must be capable of adhering to our commitments.
Our sustainability requirements (incorporated in our contract) include:
Dining Services (contractor)...
...will collaborate with the Center for Sustainability to align with the University’s sustainability commitments, including reducing energy and water consumption.
...will complete an annual sustainability inventory of all food and beverage purchases in February for the Center for Sustainability’s submission of SCU’s STARS report.
...will develop a plan to measure current Real Food procurement. Pledge and actively seek to buy at least 25% real food annually by 2020.
Garments and Linens
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for garments and linens:
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Professional Services
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for professional services:
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Transportation and Fuels
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for transportation and fuels:
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Wood and Paper
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for wood and paper products:
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Other Commodity Categories
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for other commodity categories:
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Optional Fields
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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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.