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C.U. Joins Consortium to Obtain Sustainable Products

February 27, 2008 - 12:00am
By Adi Kochavi

Cornell recently joined forces with five fellow Tompkins County institutions and municipalities to form the Finger Lakes Environmentally Preferred Procurement Consortium. This “green” consortium is the first of its kind in the state of New York.

The main purpose of the consortium is to help negotiate pricing for environmentally friendly products, according to The Ithaca Journal.

“The biggest thing now is the price difference. In many cases the sustainable and recyclable products are 30 to 40 percent more expensive than their non-sustainable counterparts. We want to get the best prices and become competitive with other markets,” said Edmund Wilson, manager of Cornell procurement services.