| Overall Rating | Platinum |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 85.88 |
| Liaison | Sam Lubow |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2022 |
Stanford University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 1.00 |
Melissa
Maigler Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability & Energy Management |
Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
This data includes expenditures from Stanford's primary waste contractor, UG2, as well as Stanford Athletics' waste contractor, TQM in 2020.
UG2 strives to be the industry leader in client-driven technology solutions, Green Cleaning programs, and other sustainability and energy services, as discussed on their website: https://ug2.com/ug2-sustainability-green-cleaning/
Additionally, per TQM's website, "TQM is a Bay Area Certified Green Business. We only clean with the greenest of chemicals and techniques available." See more details here: http://www.tqm.bz/
Finally, Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE), which operates in-house custodial services for approximately one-third of the campus, has moved to a Tersano-based green cleaning system. Tersano is water-based, so expenditures for this product are not included in either the total spend or the green spend figures above.
Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in increased cleaning and a reduced campus population in 2020 compared to 2018. Therefore, the spend on cleaning products increased while the spend on paper products dramatically reduced since Stanford's last submission of this credit data to STARS in 2019.
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in increased cleaning and a reduced campus population in 2020 compared to 2018. Therefore, the spend on cleaning products increased while the spend on paper products dramatically reduced since Stanford's last submission of this credit data to STARS in 2019.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.