Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.66
Liaison Grace Afflerbach
Submission Date March 8, 2024

STARS v2.2

Purchase College - State University of New York
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 1.00 Grace Afflerbach
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
45,000 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
33,750 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
200,000 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
200,000 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
These figures come from fiscal year 2022-2023. Our Assistant Director of Buildings, Grounds, and Maintenance who does the janitorial product purchasing said that 75% of the cleaning products purchased were green certified and all paper purchased was green certified.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
95.41

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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