Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.14
Liaison Emily Zabanah
Submission Date March 30, 2020
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STARS v2.1

Seneca Polytechnic
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 1.00 Paula Echeveste
Sustainability Specialist - Engagement & Outreach
Office of Sustainability
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Cleaning Products 

Total expenditures on cleaning products:
60,676.08 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on cleaning products that are Green Seal or UL ECOLOGO certified and/or Safer Choice labeled (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
52,083.68 US/Canadian $

Janitorial Paper Products 

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
112,015.34 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on janitorial paper products that are FSC, Green Seal, and/or UL ECOLOGO certified (or local equivalents for institutions outside the U.S. and Canada):
112,015.34 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
95.02

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
The time period reported was the fiscal year 2017/2018.

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The data collected represents the items purchased by Seneca College and the external custodial contractor(Aramark). All the information was collected utilizing the invoices from the two cleaning and janitorial companies that are used for all campuses.

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