Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.40
Liaison Havina Georgieva
Submission Date April 4, 2017
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STARS v2.1

FIE: Foundation for International Education
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.71 / 1.00 Neena Agnish
Facilities Support Team Manager
Facilities
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Cleaning Products 

Total expenditures on cleaning products:
6,135.47 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):
3,212.25 US/Canadian $

Janitorial Paper Products 

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
10,834.77 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):
8,868.59 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
71.19

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
The above figures were taken from January 2016 to December 2016 for all residences. The total cost of cleaning product decreased when FIE switched over to the Ecolab products in September 2016.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The Innu-Science cleaning products were used in our residences from 2012 to July 2016. We looked into the Eco-lab products which we trialled and tested. It was also noted that these products were more economical and environmentally friendly and certified by Green Seal.

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