Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.68
Liaison Lindsay Walker
Submission Date Aug. 28, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Humber College
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.47 / 2.00 Emily Eyre
Manager, Purchasing Services and Sustainability
Purchasing
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase Green Seal (tm) or EcoLogo (tm) certified cleaning products?:
Yes

The website URL where the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:

Our cleaning service company is contracted to only use chemicals bearing the GreenSeal certification from GreenSeal (www.greenseal.org) or the EcoLogo certification which is available from Environmental Choice (www.environmentalchoice.com).

Hurley Group, the cleaning services contractor at the college, uses only Green Seal of EcoLogo certified cleaning products on the premises.


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on cleaning products)?:
Yes

Expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products :
42,020.96 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on cleaning products :
65,250.60 US/Canadian $

A copy of the sections of the cleaning contract(s) that reference certified green products:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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