Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.17
Liaison Jeane Pope
Submission Date March 4, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

DePauw University
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 2.00 Anthony Baratta
Assistant Director for Sustainability
Academic Affairs
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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

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:

Our institution began purchasing Green Seal products in 2007. We continue to purchase Green Seal products whenever feasible and hope to improve in the future.


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on cleaning products)?:
Yes

Expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products :
17,181.69 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on cleaning products :
29,510.58 US/Canadian $

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:

We worked with Auxiliary Services to identify cleaning products that were Green Seal and those that were not.


We worked with Auxiliary Services to identify cleaning products that were Green Seal and those that were not.

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