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1/31/12

For Our Vendors: Fraud Alert

Someone has been using the university's credit references in an attempt to open accounts and obtain products from several vendors across the country.

The credit reference letter is generally an altered version of the one found on our website, and the person(s) refer to themselves as being from the "Regents of the University of California" or "Purchasing Unit, University of California Davis."

If you have any suspicion about any contact you receive that indicates it is from UC Davis, please call (530) 752-0370 immediately to confirm.

Sustainable Purchasing

What You Can Do

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) is an important step toward making sustainability a reality on our campus. EPP is a strategy that seeks to procure products and services with a reduced or minimal environmental impact as compared to other similar products/services that serve the same purpose.

EPP considerations include:

reduction of energy consumption, toxicity, air and water pollution impact
materials efficiency (such as packaging)
minimizing disposal impact at the end of useful life

What To Look For

Environmentally preferable products are generally:

Less toxic
Minimally polluting
More energy efficient
With higher recycled content
With less packaging

Sustainable Purchasing

What You Can Do

What To Look For

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