Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.72
Liaison Robert St.Onge
Submission Date July 19, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Okanagan College
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.15 / 2.00 Graham Kershaw
Manager, Property Services
Campus Development & Facilities Management
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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:

We will require all products to be certified “Greenseal” and/or “EcoLogo” by 2012.
We are currently using up inventory and revising our processes to ensure we can meet the 2012 goal.


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 :
1,377,242 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on cleaning products :
3,168,259 US/Canadian $

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:
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