Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 82.88
Liaison Patrick McKee
Submission Date Nov. 16, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Connecticut
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.71 / 1.00 Patrick McKee
Senior Sustainability Program Manager
Office of Sustainability
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
903,859.59 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
643,282.80 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
0 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
0 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
2022 – One year period

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
71.17

Optional Fields 

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:
Data was gathered through a survey of UConn suppliers led by UConn Procurement. Green cleaning and green janitorial paper products were combined in the survey.

The University only purchases cleaning products with low impacts on the environment and on indoor air quality.

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