Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.68
Liaison Eva Rocke
Submission Date Oct. 18, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Montana
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.81 / 1.00 Derek Kanwischer
Industrial Materials Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
192,434.88 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
143,645.13 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
124,474.39 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
112,659.16 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :

Data was collected from UM Custodial (state-owned building janitorial team), University Center, UM Housing, Adams Center, Curry Health for all purchased cleaning products in FY24.

 


Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
80.88

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:

UM custodial services are in-house, not contracted out. The expenditures noted above account for the vast majority of buildings including those considered state-owned buildings and auxiliary (student fee-funded) buildings. We did not include Lubrecht forest, Fort Missoula, Flathead Lake bio station, or Bandy Ranch. Missoula College is included in the data. 

Michael Huber- UM Custodial
E-mail- michael.huber@mso.umt.edu

Lynette Porter- UM Housing
E-mail- lynette.porter@mso.umt.edu

Brandon Kress- Adams Center
E-mail- brandon.kress@mso.umt.edu

 


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