Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.64
Liaison Sean MacInnes
Submission Date Feb. 7, 2019
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STARS v2.1

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
IN-13: Spend Analysis

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 0.50 Michael Logan
Director of Purchasing and Contracts
Purchasing
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Has the institution conducted a comprehensive spend analysis to assess the sustainability impacts of its purchasing across all significant commodity categories and identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s comprehensive, sustainability-related spend analysis:
McKinsey Consulting has conducted a analysis of University spend and that data can be used to assess potential sustainability impacts of purchasing across commodity categories. The purpose of the study was not to assess sustainability impacts but to provide analysis of spend and where centralized purchasing could bring value to the University. The data can be used to identify areas were the University can increase the use of EPP products and products made with recycled content.

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
McKinsey Consulting has conducted a analysis of University spend and that data can be used to assess potential sustainability impacts of purchasing across commodity categories. The purpose of the study was not to assess sustainability impacts but to provide analysis of spend and where centralized purchasing could bring value to the University. The data can be used to identify areas were the University can increase the use of EPP products and products made with recycled content.

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