| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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| Overall Score | 53.92 |
| Liaison | Mat Thijssen |
| Submission Date | Oct. 26, 2021 |
University of Waterloo
OP-11: Sustainable Procurement
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.75 / 3.00 |
Mat
Thijssen Sustainability Manager Sustainability Office |
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Part 1. Institution-wide sustainable procurement policies
Yes
A copy of the policies, guidelines or directives:
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The policies, guidelines or directives:
Waterloo’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy includes specific commitments to measure and increase sustainable procurement in commodity categories as outlined by STARS. Waterloo has also published a Sustainable Procurement guide for all employees to consider when making smaller purchases through departmental discretionary budgets, or for employees and students to use for personal purchases: https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/projects-and-initiatives/sustainable-procurement Lastly, Waterloo has also integrated into its RFP process a sustainability disclosure framework for corporate sustainability throughout its supply chain (i.e. on vendor policies, carbon emissions and other performance commitments, and supply chain management) in addition to product-specific requirements
Part 2. Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Yes
Which of the following best describes the institution’s use of LCCA?:
Institution employs LCCA as a matter of policy and standard practice when evaluating all energy- and water-using products, systems and building components
A brief description of the LCCA policy and/or practices:
Waterloo has developed a full lifecycle costing guideline and accompanying toolkit. LCC is mandatory for core compliance purchases (most energy/utility consuming infrastructure and vehicles), and strongly recommended for other energy consuming equipment such as IT equipment, Lab equipment, and appliances. https://uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/life-cycle-costing-guideline
Part 3. Product-specific sustainability criteria
To count, the criteria must address the specific sustainability challenges and impacts associated with products and/or 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:
Waterloo’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy tracks cleaning products which are UL Ecologo, Green Seal certified, and further criteria on Ecologos and circular procurement can be found here: https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/projects-and-initiatives/sustainable-procurement/cleaning-products
Consumable office products
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for consumable office products:
Waterloo’s sustainable procurement guide provides recommendations on certifications to look for, including Cradle to Cradle and UL Ecologo, as well as circular procurement criteria such as durability, recyclability, post-consumer recycled content, and/or vendor takeback programs
Furniture and furnishings
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for furniture and furnishings:
Waterloo’s sustainable procurement guide provides recommendations on certifications to look for, including Cradle to Cradle, Green Label Plus, and UL LEVEL certifications, as well as circular procurement criteria such as durability, recyclability, post-consumer recycled content, and/or vendor take-back programming, packaging reduction, and purchasing minimization by using Waterloo’s internal furniture reuse service:
https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/projects-and-initiatives/sustainable-procurement/furniture
https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/projects-and-initiatives/sustainable-procurement/furniture
Information Technology (IT) and equipment
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for Information Technology (IT) and equipment:
Waterloo’s Sustainability Office and IST group are collaborating on specific criteria to be integrated into key contracts for computing devices, and the Procurement Guide provides criteria for distributed purchases from decentralized purchases or for individual purchases, including EnergySTAR and EPEAT Certification, TCO Certification, circular procurement (recycled content, reuse/recyclability, durability, etc.), and virtualization.
https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/projects-and-initiatives/sustainable-procurement/information-technology-it
https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/projects-and-initiatives/sustainable-procurement/information-technology-it
Food service providers
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for food service providers:
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Garments and linens
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for garments and linens:
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Professional service providers
Yes
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for professional service providers:
As part of its sustainable investing policy and framework, Waterloo considers experience integrating ESG factors in the selection of portfolio managers.
Transportation and fuels
No
A brief description of the published sustainability criteria for transportation and fuels:
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