Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.04
Liaison Tina Woolston
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Tufts University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.89 / 1.00 Shawn Amaral
Assistant Account Manager
Custodial Services - Medford
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Total expenditures on cleaning products:
27,705 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):
14,555 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
156,605 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):
150,204 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
89.39

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

July 2017 through June 2018 (Fiscal year 2018)


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

55% of the items have third party certification but 89% of all product purchases meet EPA guidelines for LEED certification


55% of the items have third party certification but 89% of all product purchases meet EPA guidelines for LEED certification

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