Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.03
Liaison Karen Oberer
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2012
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STARS v1.1

McGill University
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Marc Dozois
Director - Buildings, Grounds and Special Events
University Services
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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

The website URL where the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:

The University switched to Enviro Solutions products in 2002; they are approved by both "Ecologo" and "Green Seal" criteria (ref. http://www.larose.ca/index_fra.html). The RFP for Building Services limits all departmental purchases for cleaning products for day-to-day maintenance in our buildings to only EcoLogo or Green Seal approved products. Many of the University's cleaning practices, as outlined in SOPs, conform to Green Seal requirements (eg. frequency and type of cleaning required of facilities, communication with clients, health and safety training for staff, purchasing recycled/recyclable products, etc.)


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 :
170,000 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on cleaning products :
170,000 US/Canadian $

A copy of the sections of the cleaning contract(s) that reference certified green products:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

For parties interested in seeing the cleaning contract, refer to Ms. Anna Gentile at McGill Purchasing for project number MP9-027(AG)

Note: This information applies to downtown buildings under the mandate of Building Services (under Marc Dozois) only.


For parties interested in seeing the cleaning contract, refer to Ms. Anna Gentile at McGill Purchasing for project number MP9-027(AG)

Note: This information applies to downtown buildings under the mandate of Building Services (under Marc Dozois) only.

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