Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.49
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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STARS v1.0

University of Massachusetts Amherst
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 2.00 Elena Sharnoff
Director of Communications, CNS
College of Natural Sciences
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase Green Seal (tm) or EcoLogo (tm) certified cleaning products?:
Yes

The website URL where the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:

These guidelines are posted on the Procurement pages of the UMass Amherst Website, where all of the forms and information are available.

In addition, the University’s office supply contract thru W.B Mason identifies green and recycled cleaning and paper products that will replace non-green products so that end users have a choice when they order.

The pdf is available here: http://www.umass.edu/procurement/policies/Green%20Goal.pdf

Vendors, staff and faculty are encouraged to submit ideas to the Procurement Department that can support and improve on this goal.


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on cleaning products)?:
No

Expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products :
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Total expenditures on cleaning products :
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A copy of the sections of the cleaning contract(s) that reference certified green products:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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