Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.69
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Jan. 5, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Indiana University Bloomington
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.85 / 2.00 Tim Rice
Director of Purchasing Administration
Purchasing
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase Green Seal (tm) or EcoLogo (tm) certified cleaning products?:
Yes

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The website URL where the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
None
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
Routine meetings with the major user departments are held to introduce and evaluate substitute products; routing meetings with the contracted supplier are also held to review product usage and evaluate cost of switching products.

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

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Expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products :
505,760 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on cleaning products :
2,137,550 US/Canadian $

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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:
$505760 refers to all green cleaning products purchased, not just certified green cleaning products. Expenditures are in US dollars

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