Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.74
Liaison Andrew Horning
Submission Date March 27, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of Michigan
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 2.00 Terrance Alexander
Executive Director
Office of Campus Sustainability
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase Green Seal (tm) or EcoLogo (tm) certified cleaning products?:
No

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:

Plant Building & Grounds Services (PBGS), provider of custodial services to all general fund campus buildings, purchases and uses Green Seal labeled products through its use of the OS1 cleaning program.U-M PBGS has centralized purchasing for the products used in OS1. Failure to purchase the approved products is addressed through the performance review process.


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 :
52,194.40 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on cleaning products :
156,387.71 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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