Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 79.39
Liaison Yolanda Cieters
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Seattle University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.89 / 1.00 Yolanda Cieters
Associate Director
CEJS
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
65,845 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
55,968 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
21,827 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
21,827 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
Fiscal Year 2020, 12 months (from 07-01-2019 until 06-30-2020)

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
88.73

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:
Seattle University's policy is that all departments shall select cleaning products that meet Green Seal certification requirements. All newly-purchased powered janitorial equipment shall meet the criteria listed in GS-42, Green Seal Environmental Standard for Cleaning Services, First Edition, September 1, 2006 and all future editions.

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