Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.36
Liaison Ben Dharmendra
Submission Date July 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Sydney
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.64 / 1.00 Zoe Morrison
Strategy Advisor
Strategy Office
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
201,497.87 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
170,988.78 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
525,592.37 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
293,693.13 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
USD to AUD conversion rate of $1.27AUD. Based on September 2019- August 2020 figures and usage.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
63.91

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In 2019 we tendered and awarded all Hard and Soft FM Services, and the transition of these services wasn’t finalised until August/September, which has resulted in a different timeframe than used in other criteria.

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