Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.22
Liaison Sarah Rykal
Submission Date July 25, 2013
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STARS v1.2

University of Wisconsin-Stout
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 2.00 Leann Fay
STARS Graduate Assistant
Sustainability Office
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase Green Seal (tm) or EcoLogo (tm) certified cleaning products?:
Yes

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The website URL where the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
UW-Stout, along with all other campuses in the UW-System, are obligated to purchase cleaning products via the mandatory DOA contract #15-48500-001. The contract states: Awarded vendors of this contract will work with end-users to replace non-green certified cleaning chemicals with Green Certified (Green Seal, Ecologo or EPA DFE) chemicals through product testing processes.

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Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on cleaning products)?:
No

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Expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products :
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Total expenditures on cleaning products :
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A copy of the sections of the cleaning contract(s) that reference certified green products:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data on total expenditures or expenditures spent on Green Seal or EcoLogo certified products are not available. -Information from Director of Procurement & Materials Management

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