Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.76
Liaison Aurora Sharrard
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Pittsburgh
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.60 / 1.00 Will Mitchell
Senior Manager of Custodial Services
Facilities Management
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Cleaning Products 

Total expenditures on cleaning products:
504,707 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):
150,000 US/Canadian $

Janitorial Paper Products 

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
372,700 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):
372,700 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
59.57

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):
Calendar year - January 1 through December 31, 2017

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products is approximately $522,700K for Facilities Management only. The total may be more, but the data is not readily available as multiple responsibility centers purchase these products.(Auxiliary and Business Services and Property Management)

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