Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 83.87
Liaison Yolanda Cieters
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Seattle University
OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Yolanda Cieters
Associate Director
CEJS
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Total annual expenditures on office paper:
19,589.32 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 0 US/Canadian $
30-49 percent 0 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) 19,589.32 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
The data above is the FY23 expenditure on office paper (white print paper) used in SU's Managed Print Services.

Starting in FY21, Seattle University's Managed Print Services purchasing policy requires all office paper (white print paper) to be 100% PCW recycled.

See: https://www.seattleu.edu/cejs/campus-sustainability/purchasing/ -> Environmental Purchasing Guidelines -> Paper

Info for SU's 100% PCW Paper:
100% Recycled paper – FSC C009908
100% post-consumer fiber content
Acid-Free Paper
Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF)
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified

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