Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 84.41
Liaison Patrick McKee
Submission Date March 26, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Connecticut
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.74 / 1.00 Richard Miller
Director
Ofice of Environmental Policy
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Cleaning Products 

Total expenditures on cleaning products:
215,711.65 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):
105,910.84 US/Canadian $

Janitorial Paper Products 

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
267,785.40 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):
252,489.50 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
74.13

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
2016/2017 - Two year period

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The University of Connecticut Sustainability Progress Report features a section on Green Purchasing. The University only purchases cleaning products with low impacts on the environment and on indoor air quality. https://ecohusky.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2041/2017/05/2016-Sustainability-Progress-Report.pdf

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