Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 42.24
Liaison Tyler Leary
Submission Date April 5, 2024

STARS v2.2

MGH Institute of Health Professions
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 1.00 Tyler Leary
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Campus Services
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Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
3,744.67 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
3,278.29 US/Canadian $

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
16,325.46 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
14,147.95 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
The figures regarding cleaning product expenditure were taken from August 1, 2021 to August 30, 2022. The figures regarding janitorial paper products were taken from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. Data regarding paper products was not able to be retrieved from years prior to 2022.

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

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Excludes purchases of plastic bags, sponges, etc.

Information for this credit was collected from the manager of American Cleaning (our contracted cleaning company) and from individuals at CBRE who are responsible for our facilities management and for ordering the janitorial paper products. Sustainability certifications and criterion for each product were provided by American Cleaning and by Home Depot Pro Institutional's Green Report function, the company in which janitorial paper products are ordered from.

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