Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 64.62
Liaison Sarah Fortner
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Carleton College
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.32 / 1.00 Alexandra Miller
Sustainability Program Coordinator
Energy and Sustainability
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Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
87,617.23 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
16,368.59 US/Canadian $

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
104,791.66 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
45,554.66 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :

Fiscal Year 21, July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, full purchases for a one year period. This includes our purchases for our compostables store.

Much higher than normal total expenses due to COVID-19 pamdenic.


Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
32.18

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:

Carleton made a commitment to purchase green cleaning products and compostable materials and a full list is included in the link below. We made a shift in cleaning product that is more effective and so we are simply not using as much.

Included in Janitorial Paper Products is the Compostables Store orders, where campus departments can purchase smaller quantities of compostable plates, forks, cups, etc. at a bulk rate. This is reimbursed through a department charge.

For FY17, we counted additional janitorial products like vacuum cleaner bags and trash bags but limited to paper products for FY18.

GEI is the Greengard Environmental Institute certification for our floor finishes.
CRI is the Carpet and Rug Institute.

$4,314.56 is the total of other products, vacuum bags, etc. that are certified byt not included in this report.


Carleton made a commitment to purchase green cleaning products and compostable materials and a full list is included in the link below. We made a shift in cleaning product that is more effective and so we are simply not using as much.

Included in Janitorial Paper Products is the Compostables Store orders, where campus departments can purchase smaller quantities of compostable plates, forks, cups, etc. at a bulk rate. This is reimbursed through a department charge.

For FY17, we counted additional janitorial products like vacuum cleaner bags and trash bags but limited to paper products for FY18.

GEI is the Greengard Environmental Institute certification for our floor finishes.
CRI is the Carpet and Rug Institute.

$4,314.56 is the total of other products, vacuum bags, etc. that are certified byt not included in this report.

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