Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.73
Liaison Sean MacInnes
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 2.00 Chad Carwein
Sustainability Education and Outreach Specialist
Sustainability Office
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase recycled content office paper?:
Yes

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The URL where the recycled paper policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
Promotion and awareness via the Sustainability Office website, the Green Office Program, and other sustainability outreach efforts. Environmentally preferred options, including those for paper, are identified on the university's online purchasing site as well.

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Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on recycled paper)?:
Yes

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Expenditures on 10-29 percent recycled-content office paper :
12,505.99 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 30-49 percent recycled-content office paper :
34,602.48 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 50-69 percent recycled-content office paper :
6,495.28 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 70-89 percent recycled-content office paper (required if claiming points for Part 2):
9,634.17 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on 90-100 percent recycled-content office paper :
14,576.23 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on office paper :
142,491.34 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information received from Trace Little, Director of Purchasing. These are the results of the information captured via UNCG's central purchasing points; purchases made by some individuals/departments cannot be captured through this system. Therefore, these results should be viewed as a large, representative sample of UNCG paper purchases.

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