Sustainable Procurement

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Cal Poly Humboldt is renowned for its investment sustainability and eco-friendliness. However, this ideology has not yet penetrated the procurement office, so we have set forth guidelines for a more sustainable procurement model. We’ve concluded that the accounting and process of procurement at Humboldt must transition into an online aggregate procurement model. This will allow for product sustainability analysis and for procurement changes to be made. In the meantime, we’ve identified the most commonly purchased office supplies and have developed an environmentally preferable suggestion list, with options both inside and outside of the OfficeMax CSU contracts. This list has been distributed to department purchasing heads and to influential procurement policy makers at the school in order to most effectively implement our suggestions.
Authors: 
Ariel O’Callaghan, Max Waterstone and Victor Barajas
Course Code: 
ENVS 411
Instructor: 
Kevin Fingerman
Date: 
spring 2013
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