Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 86.88
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Cornell University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.16 / 1.00 Tom Romantic
Sr. Director
Supply Management
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
223,406.76 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
10,542.80 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
70,607.48 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
36,165.48 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
The data reported is for fiscal year 2022 (7/1/2021-6/30/2022).

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
15.89

Optional Fields 

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:
All purchase orders originate within a department and are then routed through a centralized, online procurement purchasing platform. The products identified as “green” are tagged by the supplier and visible in the vendor catalog. That tag is conveyed to our reporting system, which collects and tracks all green items purchased. All unclassified items are identified, and procurement works with the respective supplier to determine if there is any applicable eco-tag.

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.