Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.42
Liaison Mary-Lee Townsend
Submission Date Feb. 1, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Western University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.85 / 1.00 Connor Donald
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management
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Total expenditures on cleaning products:
732,966.70 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):
621,926.54 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
732,966.70 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):
621,926.54 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
84.85

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

Jan 1st 2016-Dec 31st 2016


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

We are unable to separate janitorial products from paper products; for this reason, we have included the total amount of Janitorial and Paper products into both categories, to avoid mis-interpreting information. Any difference in the percentage of third-party certified products purchased from one category would be offset by the other category.


We are unable to separate janitorial products from paper products; for this reason, we have included the total amount of Janitorial and Paper products into both categories, to avoid mis-interpreting information. Any difference in the percentage of third-party certified products purchased from one category would be offset by the other category.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.