Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.25
Liaison Sarah Fortner
Submission Date March 20, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Carleton College
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.64 / 1.00 Alexandra Miller
Sustainability Program Coordinator
Energy and Sustainability
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Total expenditures on cleaning products:
64,366.46 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):
37,378.95 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
290,601.69 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):
189,392.58 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
63.89

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

Please note that we also included things like mop heads and vacuum bags in our calculations for FY17.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Carleton made a commitment to purchase green cleaning products and compostable materials and a full list is included in the link below.

Included in Janitorial is vacuum cleaner bags, compostable dishes, bag liners, floor pads, etc. This is not included in the definition above.


Carleton made a commitment to purchase green cleaning products and compostable materials and a full list is included in the link below.

Included in Janitorial is vacuum cleaner bags, compostable dishes, bag liners, floor pads, etc. This is not included in the definition above.

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