Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 40.09
Liaison Allison Jenks
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

New Mexico State University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 1.00 Art Lucero
Manager Recycling and Custodial
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
131,000 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
89,257.84 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
187,643.86 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
187,643.86 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
Fiscal year

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
86.90

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:
I’m updating the STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) report and I am hoping you could help me answer a some questions. I need the following information for the past year or a representative sample.
• Total expenditures on cleaning products
[Art] $131,000 cleaning products expenditures.
• Expenditures on cleaning products that are Green Seal or UL ECOLOGO certified and/or Safer Choice labeled.
[Art] Green Seal Cleaning Chemicals…$89,271.84
• Total expenditures on janitorial paper products
[Art] $187, 643.86…paper products.
• Expenditures on janitorial paper products that are FSC, Green Seal, and/or UL ECOLOGO certified
[Art] Green Seal Paper products $187,643.86 last year.

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