Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.57
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Dec. 14, 2020

STARS v2.2

Indiana University Indianapolis
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.79 / 1.00 Tresa Frederick
Purchasing Contract Manager, Sustainability Rep
IU Office of Procurement Services
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
148,157.14 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
52,601.45 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
317,489.75 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
317,122.78 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
FY20 = July 1, 2019 - June 30,2020
Includes impact from COVID-19 with an overall decrease in total expenses due to campus closure in mid-March plus increase in COVID related cleaning supplies that included additional non-green certified product due to special cleaning needs required for COVID.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
79.40

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
IUPUI Healthy High Performance Cleaning Standards:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cQXtNZRleYaDIoSITx_K62dvvILRi8mX/view?usp=sharing
Healthy High Performance Cleaning (HHPC) takes traditional cleaning beyond appearances with procedures, chemicals, tools and equipment designed to make our buildings the safest, healthiest and cleanest they have ever been. Since cleaning can play a major role in the health, safety and performance of a building's occupants, implementing an HHPC program is now more import ant than ever. HHPC is a key part of operating a facility in an environmentally friendly way. It improves employee and occupant health, reduces worker compensation claims, and improves organizational reputation and brand equity among students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community. It also presents a new opportunity to market and differentiate. Objectives of HHPC are achieved through the utilization of equipment, supplies, chemicals, hand soap, plastic and paper.

IUPUI achieves 2018 Higher Education Green Cleaning Award from Healthy Green Schools & Colleges
https://www.healthygreenschools.org/recognition/meet-the-winners/

See Article on IUPUI's Green Cleaning Program, A Great Green Cleaning Program Starts with Great People, September 17, 2018
https://healthyschoolscampaign.org/blog/a-great-green-cleaning-program-starts-with-great-people/

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