Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.51
Liaison Mat Thijssen
Submission Date Nov. 6, 2018
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STARS v2.1

University of Waterloo
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.83 / 1.00 Mat Thijssen
Sustainability Manager
Sustainability Office
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Total expenditures on cleaning products:
218,201 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):
115,007 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on janitorial paper products:
374,960 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):
374,960 US/Canadian $

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
82.60

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn (i.e. one-year time period or representative sample):

The above products are comprehensive based on purchasing records for Custodial Services and Housing and Residence Cleaning Services for the 2017 Fiscal Year.


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