Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 81.30
Liaison Patrick McKee
Submission Date June 30, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Connecticut
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.74 / 1.00 Sarah Munro
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Environmental Policy
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Total expenditures on cleaning products:
215,711.65 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on cleaning products that are Green Seal or UL ECOLOGO certified and/or Safer Choice labeled (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
105,910.84 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
267,785.40 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on janitorial paper products that are FSC, Green Seal, and/or UL ECOLOGO certified (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
252,489.50 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
74.13

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):

2016 - one year period.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The University of Connecticut Sustainability Progress Report features a section on Green Purchasing. The University only purchases cleaning products with low impacts on the environment and on indoor air quality.

http://ecohusky.uconn.edu/docs/about/2014%20Sustainability%20Progress%20Report.pdf


The University of Connecticut Sustainability Progress Report features a section on Green Purchasing. The University only purchases cleaning products with low impacts on the environment and on indoor air quality.

http://ecohusky.uconn.edu/docs/about/2014%20Sustainability%20Progress%20Report.pdf

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