Green Procurement Initiatives at Wesleyan

We’ve Done It

Listed below are green initiatives that have been implemented.

	Initiative	Notes
1	Switched over to using 30% recycled copy paper all over campus.
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.

 

We’re Working On It

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
2	Pushing our vendors to reduce the packaging on orders of office supplies

 

We’re Getting to It

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.

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

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