Procurement Initiatives

We’ve Done It

Listed below are green initiatives that have been implemented.

	Initiative	Notes
1	Switched over to using 30% recycled copy paper in nearly all campus departments.
2	Reduced the number of days our suppliers come to campus from 5 days per week to 3 days per week.
3	Offer recycled content office supplies as an alternative to all of our virgin supplies through WB Mason's "Swap and Save" program.
4	ProShred - Wesleyan has saved over 750 trees by shredding our confidential papers
5	Two successful "Let's Go Green" vendor shows were held in February 2007 & 2008 to spread awareness to employees and vendors of our focus on sustainability.
6	WB Mason reduced its office supply deliveries from three to two times per week beginning July 1, 2011.
7	Implement water cooler filtration systems in campus offices.	Water filtration stations have been installed in all but two offices on campus.

Listed below are initiatives that have been assigned to a person or office to plan a solution.

	Initiative	Status
1	Rewriting Wesleyan's purchasing policy to include environmental considerations	Policy written, awaiting subcommittee approval
2	Pushing our vendors to reduce the packaging on orders of office supplies
3	Require departments to use re-manufactured toners when available.	Ongoing
4	Combine MRO (maintenance repair operation) purchases from one supplier.
5	Vendor consolidation whenever possible.

Listed below are initiatives that are in the evaluation stage to determine the best way to accomplish them.

	Initiative	Status
1	Drafting a campus-wide policy for catered events to serve water in pitchers or coolers, rather than serving bottled water.

Send us suggestions for green initiatives at sustainability@wesleyan.edu.