Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.06
Liaison Margaret Lo
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Ball State University
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Rhodene Upchurch
Director
Purchasing Services
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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

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The website URL where the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
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Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on cleaning products)?:
No

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Expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products :
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Total expenditures on cleaning products :
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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:
University purchasing decisions regarding cleaning products are currently made at a unit-level. The centralized purchasing agent only servces to find the requested products at the best price for the university. The university will be working to include questions regarding unit-level purchasing policies in future unit-level sustainability plans.

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