Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.73
Liaison Gary Cocke
Submission Date May 11, 2023

STARS v2.2

The University of Texas at Dallas
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.86 / 1.00 Gary Cocke
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
21,560.72 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
7,136.26 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
90,040 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
88,944 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
Time period for green cleaning products: 9/1/21 to 8/31/22.
Time period for paper products: January to June 2022 (this data was the only available for the information requested). Figures reported above are doubled to reflect one full year of data.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
86.09

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:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Green cleaning supplies are Green Seal and Ecologo UL certified.
Green paper products are EPA CPG certified: https://www.epa.gov/smm/comprehensive-procurement-guidelines-cpg-product-designation-criteria-and-process

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