Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.33
Liaison Maria Dahmus
Submission Date Nov. 30, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of St. Thomas
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.79 / 1.00 Nichole Boehmke
Director of Facilities Services
Facilities Management
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
105,287.94 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
47,973.56 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
169,867.74 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
169,867.74 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
The figures represent a full year of expenditures from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
79.17

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Although not included in the STARS categories for sustainable material purchases for custodial supplies, during this timeframe we purchased $19,042 of compostable liners to support our waste stream.

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