Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.79
Liaison Leslie North
Submission Date March 5, 2020

STARS v2.2

Western Kentucky University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Leslie North
Director of Sustainability
Geography and Geology
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
38,700.28 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
38,700.28 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
103,420.52 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
103,420.52 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
These expenditures are totals from the 2019 calendar year. An itemized list of products is attached; all products receive at least one green certification.

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
100

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data obtained from Rafael Hughes, Director of Environmental Services, Department of Facilities Management.

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