Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.54
Liaison C Jane Hagen
Submission Date Sept. 3, 2024

STARS v2.2

Virginia Commonwealth University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.90 / 1.00 C Jane Hagen
Sustainability Data Analyst
Sustainability
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
195,950.72 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
133,423.47 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
445,079.76 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
445,079.76 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :

The above data is from fiscal year 2023, with figures from July'22 to June'23. VCU pays a per building fee to our janitorial service, VCU does not purchase our janitorial supplies directly. The figures above represent data from SSC Services for Education.


Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
90.25

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
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